'An important book...I recommend this book for all who are concerned about the outpatient treatment of the mentally ill.' Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry Law

• I. Coercion: From the Hospital to the Community.- 1 Coercion to Inpatient Treatment: Initial Results and Implications for Assertive Treatment in the Community.- 2 Outpatient Commitment: Official Coercion in the Community.- II. Coercion and Treatment: The Community Provider’s Perspective.- 3 Coercion and Tenacious Treatment in the Community: Applications to the Real World.- 4 “Coercion” and Leverage in Clinical Outreach.- 5 The Perils of Outreach Work: Overreaching the Limits of Persuasive Tactics.- III. The Social Context of Aggressive Community Treatment.- 6 Housing as a Tool of Coercion.- 7 Entitlements, Payees, and Coercion.- IV. Research Agenda on Coercion in the Community.- 8 Research on the Coercion of Persons with Severe Mental Illness.- 9 Coercion and Social Control: A Framework for Research on Aggressive Strategies in Community Mental Health.- V. Coercion in the Community: The Open Questions.- 10 When Push Comes to Shove: Aggressive Community Treatment and the Law.- 11 Regulation from Without: The Shadow Side of Coercion.