title: Compulsory community treatment and patients' perception of recovery in schizophrenia.
abstract: This study examined whether patients' perception of recovery differed for those receiving treatment under a compulsory treatment order (CTO) compared to those who were not.
  
  
  
  A total of 86 participants with schizophrenia/schizo-affective disorder were interviewed about their views on recovery, and their clinical files were examined to ascertain if they were under a CTO at time of interview.
  
  
  
  No association between being under a CTO and recovery beliefs was found. Irrespective of whether patients were under a CTO or not, the majority of participants (82%) reported that they thought recovery is possible and half of the participants (51%) reported that they were in recovery.
  
  
  
  The present study found no evidence that being under a CTO was related to additional pessimistic views about recovery or being recovered. Participants under a CTO were no more or less likely to report that recovery was possible, and that they were recovered, as participants who were not under a CTO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.
authors.forename: Tess
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gale
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gray