Background It is controversial whether compulsory community treatment (CCT) for people
with severe mental illness (SMI) reduces health service use, or improves clinical outcome …

Objective: Involuntary outpatient commitment (OPC), also referred to as community treatment
orders or assisted outpatient treatment, is a legal intervention intended to improve treatment …

In this article we argue the case for a proposal: that psychiatry should recognise, embrace
and take seriously the role of values, alongside facts, in diagnosis. We present a three-step …

Objective: To examine whether community treatment orders for psychiatric patients reduce
subsequent use of health services in comparison with control patients not placed on an …

This study examined the opinions of patients who have been placed on a community
treatment order (CTO), their relatives, mental health clinicians and representatives of …

Background. There is limited randomized controlled trial (RCT) evidence for compulsory
community treatment. Other study methods may clarify their effectiveness. We reviewed RCT …

Following their introduction in the United States in the 1970s various forms of compulsory
treatment in the community have been introduced internationally. Compulsory treatment in …

Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of community treatment orders (CTOs)
used in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. The hypotheses were that CTOs …

Aim To identify, critically evaluate, and synthesise the empirical evidence about therapeutic
leave from mental health inpatient settings. Background “Leave” occurs when a mental …

The use of community treatment orders and other forms of mandatory outpatient treatment
has been controversial. The debate on the appropriateness of compulsory treatment in the …