In this timely analysis, Rich Moth assesses mental health services in a period of major
change. Based on extended fieldwork in community mental health services, he explores the …

Community treatment orders (CTOs), which allow for involuntary psychiatric treatment of
individuals who meet particular legal criteria while they are living in the community, have …

Abstract Background The Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003 was
considered as world leading when it was enacted due to its rights-based approach …

Mandatory outpatient treatment schemes such as community treatment orders remain
controversial despite being commonly used around the world. Given concerns about patient …

Forced hospitalization is a common practice in psychiatry. It involves limiting the patient's
freedom of movement in a clinical context without expressing informed consent, causing …

Background It is uncommon to combine critical ethnography with critical discourse analysis
in health research, yet this combination has promise for managing challenges inherent in …

Esta investigación examina el fenómeno del tratamiento compulsorio de salud mental en
Puerto Rico, en función de la Ley de Salud Mental de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 408 de 2000 …

This thesis reports on a critical ethnographic study that has examined the culture of practice
and care planning for consumers on community treatment orders (CTOs) in two community …

This thesis is an investigation of the lives of people living with dementia and their families to
explore how and why the 'social death'of the disease is mitigated through everyday practices …