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Community treatment orders: international perspective

The use of community treatment orders (CTOs) is available in more than 70 jurisdictions around the world. Although CTOs are used extensively, their effectiveness remains doubtful. We comment on the existing evidence and focus on components that influence the outcomes of CTOs internationally. It is e...

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Autores principales: Mikellides, Georgios, Stefani, Artemis, Tantele, Marianna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7054326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32167079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2019.4
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description The use of community treatment orders (CTOs) is available in more than 70 jurisdictions around the world. Although CTOs are used extensively, their effectiveness remains doubtful. We comment on the existing evidence and focus on components that influence the outcomes of CTOs internationally. It is essential to identify factors that affect the delivery of CTOs, and mixed methodologies may improve our understanding regarding their efficiency.
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spelling pubmed-70543262020-03-12 Community treatment orders: international perspective Mikellides, Georgios Stefani, Artemis Tantele, Marianna BJPsych Int Psychiatry under Restrictive Conditions The use of community treatment orders (CTOs) is available in more than 70 jurisdictions around the world. Although CTOs are used extensively, their effectiveness remains doubtful. We comment on the existing evidence and focus on components that influence the outcomes of CTOs internationally. It is essential to identify factors that affect the delivery of CTOs, and mixed methodologies may improve our understanding regarding their efficiency. Cambridge University Press 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7054326/ /pubmed/32167079 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2019.4 Text en © The Authors 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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Tantele, Marianna
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7054326/
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