Effectiveness of the Community Treatment Order in streamlining psychiatric services

Mahmoud A. Awara; Khalid Jaffar; Pauline Roberts

doi:10.3109/09638237.2013.775408

Effectiveness of the Community Treatment Order in streamlining psychiatric services

Mahmoud A. Awara, Khalid Jaffar, Pauline Roberts

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Abstract

Background The implementation of the Community Treatment Order (CTO) has created controversy surrounding its beneficence.Aims The study aims at examining the effectiveness of the CTO in reducing the rate and duration of revolving door admissions for patients who were made subject to this Order.Method All patients who were made subject to CTO between November 2008 and August 2009 in South Essex were involved in the study where patients acted as their own control through comparing their pre-CTO, during CTO and post-CTO's admission rate and duration.Results There was a significant reduction in the rate and duration of admissions in the period during and post-CTO state.Conclusions The CTO proved to be effective in reducing revolving door admissions and it has a beneficial carryover effect in the post-CTO state.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-197
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Mental Health
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2013.775408
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CTO
Length of stay
Re-admissions

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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