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Involuntary community treatment in New South Wales, Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Hambridge  and
Nicola Watt
John Hambridge*
Affiliation:
Mobile Community Management Team, Royal North Shore Hospital and Community Health Services Sydney
Nicola Watt
Affiliation:
Mobile Community Management Team, Royal North Shore Hospital and Community Health Services Sydney
*
∗Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Building M2, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
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The New South Wales Mental Health Act (1990) heralded a number of important changes to mental health legislation in the state. One of these was the option to give compulsory treatment to mentally ill clients living in the community. This article briefly explains community treatment under the Act, and the perceived benefits and the limitations of such legislation. A case example is used to illustrate some of these points. Involuntary community treatment is seen as a less restrictive alternative to hospitalisation for a number of mentally ill clients, but the use of such provisions demands significant resources from the supervising agency.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 45 - 47
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

References

Mental Health Tribunal (1992) Annual Report NSW Government.Google Scholar
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