Coping with Compulsion: Women's Views of Being on a Community Treatment Order
Gibbs, Anita
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Gibbs, A. (2010). Coping with Compulsion: Women’s Views of Being on a Community Treatment Order. Australian Social Work, 63(2), 223–233. doi:10.1080/03124070903265740
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Abstract:
An interview-based study of 42 people with serious mental illness was undertaken in New Zealand during the early 2000s. Of the 42 people, 10 were women. The women were either currently on a Community Treatment Order or had been recently discharged from a long period of being on a Community Treatment Order. Analysis of the original interview data revealed how these women experienced both benefits and limitations under conditions of compulsory community treatment. The women's key workers, clinicians, and nominated family members were also interviewed. The findings indicate that women considered the overall advantages of Community Treatment Orders to outweigh the disadvantages. Advantages included: greater access to treatment and respite care in hospital; and an increased sense of safety and reassurance for women and their families. Disadvantages included: some restrictions, such as where women resided; feelings of stigma; and having to comply with treatment with the threat of being returned to hospital if they did not. Overall, Community Treatment Orders made a significant impact on the lives of the 10 women but they also allowed the women to remain out of hospital long enough to rebuild their lives and maintain their close relationships.
Date:
2010
Publisher:
Routledge
Pages:
223-233
Rights Statement:
© 2010 Australian Association of Social Workers
Keywords:
Community Treatment Orders; Compulsion; New Zealand; Mental Illness; Women
Research Type:
Journal Article
Languages:
English
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- Sociology, Gender and Social Work [241]
- Journal Article [918]
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