AOT

EG, as a character in AOT the wise admiral worked well, in reality was he as blind as Mac, as balls-out full on as Rommel, or dithery like Monty?

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AOT is a law that allows courts to order treatment for certain individuals with very serious mental illness who refuse treatment and have a past history of becoming violent without it.

DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010

I think if you search on "AOT" on the world map you might find a birds eye view of them.

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The six studies were based on interviews with patients and an analysis of AOT administrative and clinical services data from New York State which has the most extensive program ( "Kendra's Law") involving about 3,000 individuals.

DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010

"Taken as a whole," writes Marvin S. Swartz, MD, guest editor and professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, the reports "suggest that New York State's AOT program can improve a range of important outcomes for consumers, apparently without feared negative consequences, such as dissatisfaction with services received under court-ordered treatment."

DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010

The studies span nearly a decade and were conducted largely at the behest of the few who thought it unconstitutional or who doubted AOT would work.

DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010

AOT helps people with mental illness and keeps the public safer.

DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010

In addition to committing the patient to accept the treatment, under the "Model Law" AOT 'commits' the mental health system to providing it.

DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010

AOT reduced arrests, homelessness, hospitalization and violence among people with mental illness.

DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010

California, Tennessee and numerous other states are considering adoption or implementation of AOT Laws.

DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010