Eleanor R. v. South Oaks Hospital

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Abrams, J.), dated July 23, 1986, which, after a hearing, inter alia, granted the application of the director of South Oaks Hospital to administer antipsychotic medication to Eleanor R., an involuntarily committed mentally ill person, without her consent.

Order affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In Rivers v Katz (67 NY2d 485, 497-498), the Court of Appeals held, inter alia, that an involuntarily committed mentally ill patient may be forcibly administered antipsychotic medication only upon a judicial determination, rendered after…