title: Does compulsory or supervised community treatment reduce 'revolving door' care? Legislation is inconsistent with recent evidence.
abstract: Supervised community treatment to address 'revolving door' care is part of the new Mental Health Act in England and Wales. Two recent epidemiological studies in Australia (n>118 000), as well as a systematic review of all previous literature using appropriately matched or randomised controls (n=1108), suggest that it is unlikely to help.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clinical Research, Dalhousie University, 5790 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Stephen.Kisely@cdha.nshealth.ca
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kisely
authors.forename: Leslie Anne
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014852:Wales