(Indeed, some patients agree to be hospitalized to avoid court-ordered treatment.)

The July 25, 2008, ruling also required Levy to continue his court-ordered psychiatric treatment.

Dr. Jacobson spoke frequently about domestic violence and was an advocate of court-ordered treatment for men convicted of physically abusing women.

He said the pilot program, at Bellevue Hospital Center, would require doctors to monitor patients and report those not complying with court-ordered treatments.

She pushed for Kendra's Law, which gives families in New York the right to demand court-ordered treatment for their relatives.

He disappeared from a rehab center for four days nearly a year ago, prompting the current court-ordered treatment he violated.

It was court-ordered treatment in lieu of conviction!

The project was to determine whether court-ordered treatment would reduce hospital stays for severely mentally ill people who had a habit of stopping medication with disastrous results.

Mr. Dodd has a history of sexually assaulting children and then undergoing court-ordered treatment.

He had been released after he underwent eight months of court-ordered treatment in 1988 by a man who is himself a convicted felon.