… admissions in Denmark and other countries is a compelling challenge. We hypothesized that
Assertive Community Treatment … coercion including compulsory admissions. Although ACT …

… and treatment motivation are largely unknown. We hypothesized that involuntary admission
would improve psychosocial outcome and not adversely affect their treatment motivation. …

… ) option for an individual,2 or simply involuntary community care for ‘revolving door’ patients,
… alternative to hospital admission for anyone requiring compulsory treatment, have identical …

… involuntary admissions over an observation period of 4 years. … of involuntary admissions
during long-term treatment and (2) on whether those with or without involuntary admissions prior …

… community treatment (CCT) makes adherence to treatment a legal requirement for people
with mental illness who live in the community. … the prevention of repeat admissions to hospital. …

… and violence, were the most powerful predictors of admission. Olfson and colleagues (5) …
a hospital admission, but they did not discuss the likelihood of involuntary admission. Flaherty …

… This review identifies the limits to the empirical evidence on community treatment orders. …
The CTO group showed improvements in hospital admissions and contacts with community …

… Conclusion: The patient's potential for treatment compliance appeared to be the primary
focus of involuntary treatment decisions. Improved insight acted as one important indicator that …

… community treatment orders (CTOs) reduced admissions compared with use of Section
17 leave and identified no support in terms of any reduction in overall hospital admission. …

… argue that it is less coercive than compulsory admission to hospital (Pinfold & Bindman, …
compulsory community treatment remains unproved as a way of reducing hospital admission …