In Re the Commitment of an Alleged Mentally Disordered Person MH 91-00558

OPINION

TOCI, Presiding Judge.

W.C. appeals from the trial court’s finding that she is acutely disabled and its order that she serve 365 days of combined inpatient and outpatient treatment. Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated (“A.R.S.”) section 36-501(29)(b) provides that a person is persistently or acutely disabled if that person suffers from a mental disorder that:

Substantially impairs the person’s capacity to make an informed decision regarding treatment and this impairment causes the person to be incapable of understanding and expressing an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages…