Family Perspective on Community Treatment Orders: A New Zealand Study

Dawson, John; Gibbs, Anita; Mullen, Richard

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Family Perspective on Community Treatment Orders: A New Zealand Study

Mullen, Richard; Gibbs, Anita; Dawson, John

Cite this item: Mullen, R., Gibbs, A., & Dawson, J. (2006). Family Perspective on Community Treatment Orders: A New Zealand Study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 52(5), 469–478. doi:10.1177/0020764006066836

Permanent link to OUR Archive version: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6619

Date: 2006

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Pages: 469-478

Keywords: community treatment orders; qualitative research; families; mental illness; New Zealand; patients

Research Type: Journal Article

Languages: English

Abstract:

Background: People with serious mental disorders typically live with family members. Despite increasing interest in compulsory community treatment for such patients, the experience and views of their family members have been little studied.

Material: Qualitative interviews with 27 family members, whose relatives have been subject to compulsory community treatment.

Discussion and conclusions: Family members are generally in favour of the use of compulsory community treatment orders. They perceive a positive influence on their relative, on themselves, on family relationships, and on relations with the clinical team. Family members are aware of the ethical and other dilemmas that attend the use of compulsory community care.

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