What is the test for a court to order the involuntary administration of an antipsychotic medication?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from State Dep't of State Hosps. v. J.W., 242 Cal.Rptr.3d 596, 31 Cal.App.5th 334 (Cal. App. 2018):

mind." ( Conservatorship of Waltz (1986) 180 Cal.App.3d 722, 733, fn. 14, 227 Cal.Rptr. 436.) A judicial determination of competency to refuse treatment involves consideration of three factors: (1) whether the patient is aware of his situation and acknowledges the existence of his condition; (2) whether the patient understands the benefits and risks of treatment, as well as alternatives to treatment; and (3) whether the patient is able to understand and evaluate the information required to be given to patients whose informed consent is sought and participate in the treatment decision by rational thought processes. ( Riese , supra , 209 Cal.App.3d at pp. 13221323, 271 Cal.Rptr. 199.) "We review an order authorizing involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication for substantial evidence." ( People v. Fisher (2009) 172 Cal.App.4th 1006, 1016, 91 Cal.Rptr.3d 609.)

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