Community treatment orders: How ethical without experimental evidence?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1583-1586

  Burns, T ^a   Dawson, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community treatment orders; Mental health policy; Psychosis; Random controlled trials

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY TREATMENT ORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 70350137628     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709005352     Document Type: Review

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