Open AccessDoes legislative change affect the use and duration of compulsory treatment orders?
Author(s) -
Ruth Vine,
Holly Tibble,
Jane Pirkis,
Fiona Judd,
Matthew J. Spittal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.66
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1440-1614
pISSN - 0004-8674
DOI - 10.1177/0004867418812683
Subject(s) - mental health , mental health act , odds ratio , medicine , confidence interval , legislation , odds , psychiatry , demography , political science , logistic regression , sociology , law
Victoria, Australia, introduced reformed mental health legislation in 2014. The Act was based on a policy platform of recovery-oriented services, supported decision-making and minimisation of the use and duration of compulsory orders. This paper compares service utilisation and legal status after being on a community treatment order under the Mental Health Act 1986 (Vic) with that under the Mental Health Act 2014 (Vic).
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