Assisted outpatient treatment isn’t yet used in Pa., but here’s how it works elsewhere

Assisted outpatient treatment isn’t yet used in Pa., but here’s how it works elsewhere

(Photo illustration by Natasha Khan Vicens/PublicSource) Allegheny County is on the brink of implementing a controversial type of involuntary mental health treatment, but it has few lessons to learn from other Pennsylvania counties. The majority have opted out of implementing the state’s law for assisted outpatient treatment [AOT] — a legal mechanism for involuntarily providing treatment in the community, often including medication, to people wi…