Ten Years of Community Treatment Orders in Western Switzerland: an Update.

ABSTRACT: Community treatment orders (CTOs) are legal procedures that authorise compulsory community mental health care for people with severe mental disorders. Since their introduction in Switzerland in 2013, the Swiss Canton of Vaud (846'300 inhabitants) has been engaged in the monitoring of CTOs. This study describes the use of this measure in the Canton of Vaud over the 10 years since its introduction and examines the profile of people undergoing CTOs during this period, the form that these measures took and the factors associated with their duration and outcome. Between 2013 and 2022, 530 CTOs have been ordered. As their incidence remained low and fluctuated between 5 and 10 CTOs per 100'000 inhabitants, their prevalence rose from 5 to 25 per 100'000 inhabitants. The profile of people placed un

SUBMITTER: Morandi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12647211 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature