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title: Outcomes Study: Antipsychotic Factors Related to Time to Competency for Forensic Inpatients in a State Psychiatric Facility
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# [Outcomes Study: Antipsychotic Factors Related to Time to Competency for Forensic Inpatients in a State Psychiatric Facility](https://perspectives.cps.com/antipsychotic-factors-forensic-inpatients)

 Written by [admin](https://perspectives.cps.com/author/admin) | Dec 5, 2023 10:27:48 PM

#### Background

- To be deemed competent to stand trial (CST), a defendant must have the ability to consult with their lawyer and have a factual and rational understanding of the legal proceedings, which may be impacted by symptoms of their mental illness
- If the defendant is determined to be incompetent to stand trial (IST), they must undergo competency restoration including mental health treatment and education
- Although medications play an important role in competency restoration due to their ability to treat underlying psychiatric disorders, there is little information on how medications affect competency restoration
- The sole study looking at medications in forensic patients compared clozapine to haloperidol and found that patients on clozapine were more likely to stay on a conditional release for longer periods of time

Objectives

- Compare antipsychotic-related factors for time to competency restoration
- Compare length of stay between patients who could receive their antipsychotic in jail and those who could not

 

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