Community treatment orders and associations with readmission rates and duration of psychiatric hospital admission: a controlled electronic case register study

OBJECTIVES: Limited evidence is available regarding the effect of community treatment orders (CTOs) on mortality and readmission to psychiatric hospital. We compared clinical outcomes between patients placed on CTOs to a control group of patients discharged to voluntary community mental healthcare....

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Barkhuizen, Wikus, Cullen, Alexis E, Shetty, Hitesh, Pritchard, Megan, Stewart, Robert, McGuire, Philip, Patel, Rashmi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Mental Health
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7059496/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32139493
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035121
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