‘All in the Mind’ Interviews TheMHS Summer Forum Speakers about Coercive Treatments

Two of our Mental Health Summer Forum speakers Mary O’ Hagan and Steven Segal were interviewed on ‘All in the Mind’ – ABC Radio National regarding their views on coercive treatments. They joined ‘Stephen’ a mental health consumer who had previously been on a Community Treatment Order (CTO). You can go to the interview here [...]

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Prof Steven Segal: Coercive Treatments & Mental Health: community treatment orders – what value?

Our next speaker is Professor Steven Segal from the University of California Berkeley: IOPC – requires compliance with the order – take meds, live in particular apartment, go to counselling sessions what are the consequenes of non compliance – admit to psych hospital for care, How widespread are the orders? Aus, NZ and the US, [...]

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