Community treatment orders

Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 493-495

  Rugkåsa, Jorun ^a   Burns, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coercion; community psychiatry; community treatment orders; formal compulsion; supervized community treatment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 70450208802     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.09.009     Document Type: Review

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