Three barriers identified in this response to Corcoran's article preclude a mandated right to
effective treatment for persons with mental illness: current lack of any federally mandated right
to treatment, deinstitionalization that reduced supervision, and refusing or discontinuing
medication—options easily available to the outpatient. The latter two make determining effec
tiveness especially difficult.
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