The British Journal of Psychiatry (2008) 193: 96-100. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.049072
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IN DEBATE

Community treatment orders are not a good thing

Simon Lawton-Smith, BA

King’s Fund, London, UK. Email:slawton-smith{at}mhf.org.uk

John Dawson, MD, DSc, FRCPsych

University of Otago, New Zealand

Tom Burns

Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK. Email: tom.burns{at}psych.ox.ac.uk

Declaration of interest

S. L-S.: none / J. D. and T. B.: none

Does politicians’ enthusiasm for community treatment orders lie primarily in the area of public protection? If so, can such orders reduce homicide rates? Is there adequate evidence of their value, given their adverse effects on individual liberty? This well-researched and provocative debate will enlighten readers on these and many more of the complicated questions surrounding this issue.


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