title: Effectiveness of the Community Treatment Order in streamlining psychiatric services.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The implementation of the Community Treatment Order (CTO) has created controversy surrounding its beneficence.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The study aims at examining the effectiveness of the CTO in reducing the rate and duration of revolving door admissions for patients who were made subject to this Order.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients who were made subject to CTO between November 2008 and August 2009 in South Essex were involved in the study where patients acted as their own control through comparing their pre-CTO, during CTO and post-CTO's admission rate and duration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant reduction in the rate and duration of admissions in the period during and post-CTO state.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CTO proved to be effective in reducing revolving door admissions and it has a beneficial carryover effect in the post-CTO state.
authors.affiliation: South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon Hospital, Basildon, Essex SS16 5NL, UK. mahmoud.awara@uaeu.ac.ae
authors.forename: Mahmoud A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Awara
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jaffar
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom