Community treatment order

Hi @Sar12345 ,

Do you mean, CAN they put you on a CTO?

@Sar12345 hi it depends on the situation i am currently preparing for a tribunal to see if i get put on another treatment order and i guess if they think you meet the criteria then yes they can apply to have you put on one but it really depends on the individual situation and i would need to know more before saying anything else...

Hi @Eden1919 - good to see you 🙂

@tyme hello 🙂

That can be why it can take time. Try and work with your current psychiatrist, @Sar12345 if they are resistant when you are consistent, start looking around. Books are full, and it is hard to start again with someone new, but do not give up hope.

Yes , what is the criteria

@Sar12345 Well that depends on what state you are in usually it is something along the lines of :

- has a mental illness
- is a risk to self or others

- is refusing treatment

- doesn’t have decision making capacity

it might include other things as well depending on where you live but in the 2 different states I have been on them these were the things they had in common.

if you are wanting to know more then you might find it useful to contact legal aid which is a fee service that can give you legal advice.

I’ve had my psychiatrist threaten me with a CTO before too. I have an eating disorder and was refusing treatment, didn’t wanna have bloods done and wasn’t taken certain meds.