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: Community treatment orders (CTOs) exist in more than 75 jurisdictions worldwide.
This review outlines findings from the international literature on CTO effectiveness. Method …

Purpose The evidence regarding community treatment order effectiveness has been
conflicting. This systematic review aims to bring up to date the review performed by Churchill …

There is ongoing debate in the UK as to the place of coercion and compulsion in community
mental health care. Recent changes in service provision and amendments to the Mental …

Background: Among patients with psychiatric disorders, there are 10 times as many
preventable deaths from physical disorders as there are from suicide. We investigated …

Abstract Purpose Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) require outpatients to adhere to
treatment and permit rapid hospitalisation when necessary. They have become a clinical …

Objectives Limited evidence is available regarding the effect of community treatment orders
(CTOs) on mortality and readmission to psychiatric hospital. We compared clinical outcomes …

Many studies of compulsory community treatment have assessed their effect early on after
the implementation of legislation. Although compulsory community treatment may not …

Objective: There is debate about the effectiveness of community treatment orders in the
management of people with a severe mental illness. While some case–control studies …

Community treatment orders (CTOs) are legal mechanisms by which an individual with a
mental illness and a history of non‐compliance and potential for violence can be mandated …