Smith, M, Branton, T and Cardno, A (2014) Is the bark worse than the bite? Additional conditions used within community treatment orders. Psychiatric Bulletin, 38 (1). 9 - 12. ISSN 0955-6036
Abstract
Aims and method: To investigate the use of additional conditions attached to community treatment orders (CTOs) and whether they influence the process of recall to hospital. We conducted a retrospective descriptive survey of the records and associated paperwork of all the CTOs started in the trust in the year from January 2010. Each CTO was followed up for 12 months. Results: A total of 65 CTOs were included in the study; 25 patients were recalled during the study and all but one of these had their CTO revoked and remained in hospital. Each patient whose CTO was revoked had experienced a relapse in their condition. Many patients had not complied with CTO conditions prior to relapsing and could potentially have been recalled earlier. Clinical implications: Our findings suggest that the breaching of additional CTO conditions does not tend to result in a patient's recall to hospital. This has implications regarding how the workings of CTOs are explained to patients and regarding the utility of additional conditions more generally.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014, The Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an open-access article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2015 13:39 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2019 11:59 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.113.043422 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
Identification Number: | 10.1192/pb.bp.113.043422 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:87015 |