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Service Users' Knowledge and Views on Outpatients' Compulsory Community Treatment Orders: A Cross-Sectional Matched Comparison Study.

OBJECTIVE:: Community treatment orders (CTOs) have been used in the treatment of some individuals with serious mental illness who fail to adhere to their psychiatric treatment, leading to frequent hospitalization. This article examines perceptions and knowledge of CTOs amongst outpatient service users in Toronto, Canada.

METHOD:: Service users under a CTO were matched to a comparison control group of voluntary outpatients ( n = 69 in each group). Participants were interviewed using a series of questionnaires aimed at assessing instead of evaluating their knowledge and perceptions of CTOs, as well as understanding their views about the utility and impact of CTOs in the treatment of individuals with mental health issues.

RESULTS:: Participants in the CTO group knew significantly more about CTO processes, restrictions, and procedural protections than the control group. Both groups thought that a CTO could improve certain individuals' mental health. The control group felt more strongly that a CTO could improve a service user's physical health by providing better access to care and closer monitoring ( P = 0.019) while a significant proportion of the CTO group thought that being on a CTO was better than being in the hospital ( P = 0.001) and that service users should be able to contest their CTO ( P = 0.001). In addition, CTO group participants were significantly more optimistic about the potential positive impact of CTOs on other service users' quality of life ( P = 0.008) and mental health ( P = 0.023) compared to themselves.

CONCLUSIONS:: In general, both groups viewed CTOs as potentially capable of positively affecting treatment and lives of some individuals with mental illness.

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