Editing Outpatient commitment (section)

====Arrests, danger, and violence====
The [[National Institute of Justice]] considers assisted outpatient treatment an effective crime prevention program.<ref name=crimesolutions>{{cite web |date=March 26, 2012 |title=Program Profile: Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) |website=CrimeSolutions.gov |publisher=National Institute of Justice |url=http://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=228 |access-date=25 September 2014 }}</ref> Some studies in the US have found that AOT programs have reduced the chances of arrest.{{efn|name=us-arrest-rate| {{blockquote|"For those who received AOT, the odds of any arrest were 2.66 times greater (p<.01) and the odds of arrest for a violent offense 8.61 times greater (p<.05) before AOT than they were in the period during and shortly after AOT. The group never receiving AOT had nearly double the odds (1.91, p<.05) of arrest compared with the AOT group in the period during and shortly after assignment."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Link |first1=Bruce G. |last2=Epperson |first2=Matthew W. |last3=Perron |first3=Brian E. |last4=Castille |first4=Dorothy M. |last5=Yang |first5=Lawrence H. |display-authors=3 |title=Arrest Outcomes Associated With Outpatient Commitment in New York State |journal=Psychiatric Services |volume=62 |issue=5 |pages=504–8 |year=2011 |pmid=21532076 |pmc=5826718 |doi=10.1176/ps.62.5.pss6205_0504 }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2017}}}}

{{blockquote|1="The odds of arrest for participants currently receiving AOT were nearly two-thirds lower (OR=.39, p<.01) than for individuals who had not yet initiated AOT or signed a voluntary service agreement."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gilbert |first1=Allison R. |last2=Moser |first2=Lorna L. |last3=Van Dorn |first3=Richard A. |last4=Swanson |first4=Jeffrey W. |last5=Wilder |first5=Christine M. |last6=Robbins |first6=Pamela Clark |last7=Keator |first7=Karli J. |last8=Steadman |first8=Henry J. |last9=Swartz |first9=Marvin S. |display-authors=3 |title=Reductions in Arrest Under Assisted Outpatient Treatment in New York |journal=Psychiatric Services |volume=61 |issue=10 |pages=996–9 |year=2010 |pmid=20889637 |doi=10.1176/ps.2010.61.10.996 |s2cid=28455017 }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2017}}}}
}} [[Kendra's Law]] has lowered risk of violent behaviors, reduced thoughts about suicide. {{efn|name=kendra-violence|Patients given mandatory outpatient treatment—who were more violent to begin with—were nevertheless four times less likely than members of the control group to perpetrate serious violence after undergoing treatment. Patients who underwent mandatory treatment reported higher social functioning and slightly less stigma, rebutting claims that mandatory outpatient care is a threat to self-esteem.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Phelan |first1=Jo C. |last2=Sinkewicz |first2=Marilyn |last3=Castille |first3=Dorothy M. |last4=Huz |first4=Steven |last5=Link |first5=Bruce G. |display-authors=3 |title=Effectiveness and Outcomes of Assisted Outpatient Treatment in New York State |journal=Psychiatric Services |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=137–43 |year=2010 |pmid=20123818 |doi=10.1176/ps.2010.61.2.137 |s2cid=25304234 }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2017}}

55% fewer recipients engaged in suicide attempts or physical harm to self.  47% fewer physically harmed others.  46% fewer damaged or destroyed property.  43% fewer threatened physical harm to others.  Overall, the average decrease in harmful behaviors was 44%.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

{{blockquote|"Subjects who were ordered to outpatient commitment were less likely to be criminally victimized than those who were released without outpatient commitment."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hiday |first1=Virginia Aldigé |last2=Swartz |first2=Marvin S. |last3=Swanson |first3=Jeffrey W. |last4=Borum |first4=Randy |last5=Wagner |first5=H. Ryan |display-authors=3 |title=Impact of Outpatient Commitment on Victimization of People With Severe Mental Illness |journal=American Journal of Psychiatry |volume=159 |issue=8 |year=2002 |pages=1403–11 |doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.159.8.1403 |pmid=12153835 }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=October 2017}}}}
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