title: We need to talk about depot: effect of Community Treatment Order on depot antipsychotic medication compliance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study compares the compliance rates of patients on depot who were on Community Treatment Orders with those who were not on such Order with a view to objectively quantify the effect of Community Treatment Orders on depot antipsychotics medication compliance.
  
  
  METHODS
  "Day difference" measurements between the scheduled depot data and the administered date were collected for both voluntary and involuntary patients receiving depot medication at the same community clinic over a 6-month period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results demonstrated a trend for greater compliance to depot medications by those not on a Community Treatment Order compared with those who were, but there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current study highlighted that while Community Treatment Order may be a reasonable short-term tool to encourage patients' compliance at an early treatment stage, ongoing effort should be put into improving patients' attitude towards depot medications to ensure a better long-term outcome for individuals with schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Registrar, West Adelaide Community Mental Health Team, Woodville, SA, and; Clinical Lecturer, Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia Shuichi.Suetani@health.sa.gov.au.
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suetani
authors.affiliation: Consultant Psychiatrist, West Adelaide Community Mental Health Team, Woodville SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.affiliation: Consultant Psychiatrist, West Adelaide Community Mental Health Team, Clinical Lead, Woodville SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wilson
keywords: community psychiatry; community treatment order; depot medication