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Invited commentary: Community treatment orders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom Burns
Tom Burns*
Affiliation:
Department of General Psychiatry, St George's Medical School University of London, Jenner Wing, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
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Moncrieff & Smyth (1999, this issue) are certainly right that community treatment orders (CTOs) are high on the agenda and that psychiatrists need to think long and hard about them – about the political and ethical implications, not just their practical and therapeutic applications. Their concerns are important and reflect a wide constituency – identical views were expressed and considered during the consultation that preceded the College's document proposing a Community Supervision Order in 1993 (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993). Moncrieff & Smyth make no mention of that document, nor the limited, but recent, survey of psychiatrists' opinions that accompanied it (Burns et al, 1993). Do all College documents achieve obscurity quite so quickly?

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 11: The Journal of Trends in Psychiatric Practice , November 1999 , pp. 647 - 648
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References

Burns, T., Goddard, K. & Bale, R. (1993) Mental health professionals favour community supervision orders. British Medical Journal, 307, 803.Google Scholar
Moncrieff, J. & Smyth, M. (1999) Community treatment orders – a bridge too far? Psychiatric Bulletin, 23. 644 646.Google Scholar
Royal College of Psychiatrists (1993) Community Supervision Orders. Council Report CR18. London: Royal College of Psychiatrists.Google Scholar
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