This article discusses the widespread use of community treatment orders (CTOs) in
Australasia, in light of international trends towards the constitutionalisation of human rights. It …

Community treatment orders (CTOs) are legal orders, provided for within mental health
legislation, that are made by clinicians or tribunals. CTOs set out the terms under which a …

This chapter gives a general account of the legislation that governs the use of community
treatment orders (CTOs) in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—countries that …

Abstract Community Treatment Orders (CTOs), made in Canada under the authority of
provincial mental health legislation, are the major legal product of the transition in …

This comparative scoping review charts and compares current and emerging issues for
mental health social workers involved in the use of compulsory mental health legislation in …

Substantial changes to mental health law and policy have occurred throughout the Western
world during the last decade. The drift towards control, particularly in the form of Community …

Community treatment orders (CTOs) have been in place in various jurisdictions for over
three decades, and yet are still a controversial aspect of mental health provision. One of the …

This chapter discusses aspects of community care in New Zealand, the theoretical
assumptions on which it is premised, together with some of the obstacles that have been …

A community treatment order is now a well-established feature of various common law
jurisdictions in North America and Australasia, and in other countries. Its introduction into …

ABSTRACT Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) have developed rapidly in England and
Wales to become a substantial legal intervention. Mixed methods were used to analyse …