Objectives The variable and changing rates of use of involuntary community treatment
orders (CTOs) in the treatment of people living with mental illness are not well-documented …

Objectives: Community treatment orders (CTOs) allow clinicians to provide unconsented
outpatient treatment to people living with mental illness. Though controversial and of …

Objectives: Community treatment orders (CTOs) have been used in New Zealand since
1992 and are now used in most Commonwealth countries. There is little research on the rate …

Objective: Western Australia has one of the highest published rates of the use of compulsory
treatment orders in the English-speaking world. Differences in patient characteristics …

Aims and methodCommunity treatment orders (CTOs) have been in used in England and
Wales since November 2008; however, their effectiveness has been debated widely, as has …

Epidemiological studies using administrative databases have several advantages over other
methodologies in studying the effectiveness of compulsory community treatment such as …

This paper explores the clinical, social and demographic characteristics of 164 people on
Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in one area mental health service in Victoria, Australia …

Objective The aim of the present study was to examine stakeholder perspectives on how the
operation of the mental health system affects the use of involuntary community treatment …

The current paper highlights contemporary trends in the use of Community Treatment Orders
(CTOs) in Victoria, Australia. CTOs were designed as a legislative operationalisation of the …

Differences in patient characteristics, legislation and service setting may explain variations
in the reported efficacy of compulsory treatment orders (CTOs). Our objective was to …