More than thirty years ago, CPR authored the first law review article analyzing the legal principles and practical considerations for opposing involuntary outpatient commitment. See, Compelling Treatment in the Community: Distorted Doctrines and Violated Values, 20 Loyola L. R. 1329 (l987).
Since then, CPR has joined coalitions in Massachusetts and elsewhere to oppose involuntary outpatient commitment. We helped draft a comprehensive paper describing the cost, ineffectiveness, programmatic challenges, and legal consequences of involuntary outpatient commitment.
CPR stands with people with lived experience, peers, and self-advocates in acknowledging the historical and ongoing harms caused by forced treatment, and in adamantly opposing involuntary outpatient commitment in any form.