Antipsychotic factors related to time to competency for forensic inpatients in a state psychiatric facility.
Amber FineganCourtney A IuppaCarrie R KrizLauren A DiefenderferLeigh Anne NelsonShelby E LangEllie S R ElliotJoseph MoonRoger W SommiPublished in: The mental health clinician (2022)
Since there were no differences in time to competency, patient-specific factors should be used to choose an agent for competency restoration. Length of stay differences are likely related to the antipsychotic access differences between jails and state psychiatric facilities. Therefore, policies related to antipsychotic access should better align between state psychiatric facilities and jails to improve the capacity of the system and provide better care.