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NC lawmakers consider options to force psychiatric treatment for people with severe mental illness

By Taylor Knopf As North Carolina lawmakers grapple with how to keep people with serious mental illness out of jails and hospitals, one intervention that has piqued their interest is forcing people into treatment through involuntary outpatient commitment. It’s a court-ordered program that requires individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness to follow an […]

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