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KMID : 1234820180190010023
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Korean Society of Law and Medicine
2018 Volume.19 No. 1 p.23 ~ p.80
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Assisted Outpatient Treatment and Crisis Intervention in USA and their Implications for Korea
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Park In-Hwan
Han Mee-Kyung
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Abstract
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Since the 1960s, the United States’ (U.S.) deinstitutionalization policy has reinstated people with mental illness into communities. Unfortunately, when untreated, some people with psychiatric disorders become homeless, and some commit serious crimes during a psychological crisis. Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), also known as Kendra’s Law in New York and Laura’s Law in California, provides treatment, services and support to people with mental illness in the community. AOT has repeatedly been found effective and is recognized as an evidence-based practice. The response to the mental health crisis (crisis intervention) in the U.S. has also been successful in preventing worsening mental illness and related criminality and other issues. This paper provides an opportunity to create a platform from which to learn how to successfully apply the AOT and crisis intervention of the U.S. to South Korea within the cultural and societal context when establishing social services for people with mental illness in South Korea’s communities.
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KEYWORD
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Mandatory outpatient commitment, Assisted outpatient treatment, Person with mental illness, Crisis intervention, inclusion
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