Community Treatment Orders and Other Forms of Mandatory Outpatient Treatment

Richard L O'Reilly; Thomas Hastings; Gary A Chaimowitz; Grainne E Neilson; Simon A Brooks; Alison Freeland

doi:10.1177/0706743719845906

Community Treatment Orders and Other Forms of Mandatory Outpatient Treatment

Can J Psychiatry. 2019 May;64(5):356-374. doi: 10.1177/0706743719845906.

Authors

Richard L O'Reilly¹, Thomas Hastings², Gary A Chaimowitz³, Grainne E Neilson⁴, Simon A Brooks⁵, Alison Freeland⁶

Affiliations

¹ 1 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Ontario, and Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
² 2 Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
³ 3 Head of Service, Forensic Psychiatry, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
⁴ 4 Staff Forensic Psychiatrist, East Coast Forensic Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
⁵ 5 Lunenberg, Nova Scotia.
⁶ 6 Vice-President, Quality, Education and Patient Relations, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario; Associate Dean, Medical Education (Regional), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

Abstract

This position paper has been substantially revised by the Canadian Psychiatric Association's Professional Standards and Practice Committee and approved for republication by the CPA's Board of Directors on July 26, 2018. The original position paper¹ was first approved by the Board of Directors on January 25, 2003. It was subsequently reviewed and approved for republication with minor revisions on June 2, 2009.

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care / standards*
Canada
Humans
Mandatory Programs / standards*
Mental Disorders / therapy*
Mental Health Services / standards*
Psychiatry / standards*
Societies, Medical / standards*