@article{ref1,
title="Community treatment orders: a qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives",
journal="International journal of law and psychiatry",
year="2023",
author="Goulet, Marie-Hélène and Lessard-Deschênes, Clara and Pariseau-Legault, Pierre and Breton, Richard and Crocker, Anne G.",
volume="89",
number="",
pages="e101901-e101901",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: For people with a serious mental disorder, a community treatment order (CTO) is a legal response that requires them to undergo psychiatric treatment unwillingly under certain conditions. Qualitative studies have explored the perspectives of individuals involved in CTOs, including persons with lived experiences of a CTO, family members and mental health care providers, who are directly involved in these procedures. However, few studies have integrated their different perspectives. <br><br>METHOD: This descriptive and qualitative study aimed to explore the experience associated with a CTO in hospital and community settings among individuals with a history of CTO, relatives, and mental health care providers. Using a participatory research approach, individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 35 participants. The data were reviewed using content analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Three themes and seven sub-themes were identified: 1) differential positions as a function of meaning conferred to CTOs; 2) a risk management tool; and 3) coping strategies used to deal with CTOs. Overall, relatives' and mental health care providers' perspectives tended to be in opposition to those who went under a CTO. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In a context of recovery-oriented care, more research is needed to reconcile the seemingly contradictory positions of individual with experiential knowledge and the legal leverage that deprives them of their fundamental right to autonomy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0160-2527",
doi="10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101901",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101901"
}