Court Looks at When Medication May Be Administered Without Consent - Monthly Prescribing Reference

The patient had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and suffered from auditory and visual hallucinations, delusions, and extreme paranoia.

In this months case, a state appeals court was asked to review the decision of an Administrative Law Judge allowing a state hospital to administer psychotropic medications to a patient without the pa… [+3263 chars]

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