Community treatment orders and competence to consent

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-278

  Milne, Duncan ^a   O'Brien, Anthony ^b   McKenna, Brian ^b  

^a Child and Family Unit   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community Treatment Order; Competence; Consent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY TREATMENT ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL ORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70249108513     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560902721572     Document Type: Article

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