Coercion in mental health: a trial of the effectiveness of community treatment orders and an investigation of informal coercion in community mental health care

Background: Coercion comprises formal coercion or compulsion [treatment under a section of the Mental Health Act (MHA)] and informal coercion (a range of treatment pressures, including leverage). Community compulsion was introduced in England and Wales as community treatment orders (CTOs) in 2008, d...

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Main Authors: Tom Burns, Jorun Rugkåsa, Ksenija Yeeles, Jocelyn Catty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2016-12-01
Series:Programme Grants for Applied Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar04210