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Involuntary commitment laws could include complying with doctors' recommendations

By Hicbd
Sun Nov 11 2018 3:03 pm

"Legislators added a new option in the 2018 legislative session that allows judges and magistrates to order treatment for people who in the past have become dangerously ill because they failed to comply with doctors’ recommendations."

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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2018/06/14/mental-health-treatment-iowa-quicker-civil-rights-loss-feared/661109002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392176/

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Homelessness U.S. Mental Health Services Global Human Rights Psychiatry Mental Health Services / Illnesses U.S. State Government Public Safety Involuntary Commitment

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