The use of Community Treatment Orders in psychosis and associated patient outcomes

  • Applicant: Wikus Barkhuizen
  • Project ID: 16-031

The aims of the study are to: (i) describe the use of Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in real clinical settings, (ii) compare the clinical outcomes of those discharged on a CTO to those discharged without a CTO, and (ii) to identify the clinical features of those who achieve improvement and those who do not following discharge on a CTO.

The Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) system is a computer system that allows researchers at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to carry out research using information from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust clinical records.

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
NIHR Maudsley BRC