John Dawson1, Richard O'Reilly2. 1. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 2. Psychiatrist and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify the clinical reasons and legal authority for including a residential placement condition in a community treatment order (CTO). METHOD: We describe the clinical reasons for imposing a residence condition and discuss how this is authorized by the laws of the Canadian provinces (using Ontario as the main example). RESULTS: A residence condition can facilitate numerous benefits, including: regular access to a person by a clinical team; continuing therapeutic relations; supervision of medication; provision of general medical care; and reduction in substance use, risks of victimization, and other unintended harm. A resident condition can be lawfully imposed when it clearly fits the purposes of the CTO legislation and stops short of authorizing detention in a community facility. CONCLUSIONS: In certain circumstances, a residence condition is clinically justified and a lawful aspect of a CTO.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the clinical reasons and legal authority for including a residential placement condition in a community treatment order (CTO). METHOD: We describe the clinical reasons for imposing a residence condition and discuss how this is authorized by the laws of the Canadian provinces (using Ontario as the main example). RESULTS: A residence condition can facilitate numerous benefits, including: regular access to a person by a clinical team; continuing therapeutic relations; supervision of medication; provision of general medical care; and reduction in substance use, risks of victimization, and other unintended harm. A resident condition can be lawfully imposed when it clearly fits the purposes of the CTO legislation and stops short of authorizing detention in a community facility. CONCLUSIONS: In certain circumstances, a residence condition is clinically justified and a lawful aspect of a CTO.
Authors: Stephen Kisely; Mark Smith; David Lawrence; Martha Cox; Leslie Anne Campbell; Sarah Maaten Journal: CMAJ Date: 2007-03-13 Impact factor: 8.262
Authors: Richard L O'Reilly; Thomas Hastings; Gary A Chaimowitz; Grainne E Neilson; Simon A Brooks; Alison Freeland Journal: Can J Psychiatry Date: 2019-05 Impact factor: 4.356