• Community treatment orders: the lived experience of consumers and carers in NSW 

      Robertson, M; Light, E; Boyce, P; Carney, T; Rosen, A; Cleary, M; Hunt, G; O'Connor, N; Ryan, C
      Published 2013-01-01
      There is limited research examining the lived experiences of consumers and carers subject to community treatment orders (CTOs). Between 2009 and 2012, the Centre for Values Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM) at the ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • How shortcomings in the mental health system affect the use of involuntary community treatment orders 

      Light, E; Robertson, M; Kerridge, I; Boyce, P; Rosen, A; Carney, T; Hunt, G; Cleary, M; O'Connor, N; Ryan, C
      Published 2016-07-15
      Objective: To examine stakeholder perspectives on how the operation of the mental health system affects the use of involuntary community treatment orders (CTOs). Methods: A qualitative study consisting of semi-structured ...
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      Article
    • The lived experience of involuntary community treatment: a qualitative study of mental health consumers and carers 

      Light, E; Robertson, M; Boyce, P; Carney, T; Rosen, A; Cleary, M; Hunt, GE; O'Connor, N; Ryan, C; Kerridge, I
      Published 2014-01-01
      Objective: To describe the lived experiences of people subject to community treatment orders (CTOs) and their carers. Method: We recruited 11 participants (five mental health consumers and six carers) through consumer and ...
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      Article
    • The Many Faces of Risk: A Qualitative Study of Risk in Outpatient Involuntary Treatment. 

      Light, E; Robertson, M; Boyce, P; Carney, T; Rosen, A; Cleary, M; Hunt, G; O'Connor, N; Ryan, C; Kerridge, I
      Published 2015-01-01
      Objective: This study aimed to derive a conceptualisation of risk in outpatient involuntary psychiatric treatment that has utility and meaning for stakeholders. Methods: Thirty-eight participants –patients, caregivers, ...
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      Article
    • Reconceptualizing involuntary outpatient psychiatric treatment: From "Capacity" to "Capability" 

      Light, E; Robertson, M; Kerridge, I; Boyce, P; Carney, T; Rosen, A; Cleary, M; Hunt, G; O'Connor, N
      Published 2016-01-01
      Justifying involuntary psychiatric treatment on the basis of a judgment that a person lacks capacity is controversial because there are questions about the meaning and utility of the concept in this context. There are ...
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      Article
    • Risk, capacity and making decisions about CTOs 

      Robertson, M; Light, E; Boyce, P; Carney, T; Rosen, A; Cleary, M; Hunt, G; O'Connor, N; Ryan, C
      Published 2013-01-01
      1. The two customary justifications for 'involuntary' or 'coercive' treatment of mental illness are either: that without treatment the mentally ill person might be likely to seriously harm themselves or others; or, that ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical