Adopted by the APA Council of Representatives July 28 & 30, 2004.
The purpose of the resolution was to develop an APA policy that supports humane and psychologically informed preventative alternatives that favor choice and least restrictive interventions over forced treatment. Among the recommendations were incorporating input from psychologists in assessing and shaping the treatment, lessening the use of forced psychotropic medications, enabling recipients and their families/significant others to have maximal input into treatment decisions, and implementing effective community interventions to reduce the need for involuntary outpatient commitment and to provide services and support after such treatment.