Light Edwina
University of Sydney, Australia.
Psychiatr Bull (2014). 2014 Feb;38(1):6-8. doi: 10.1192/pb.bp.113.045732.
Controversy around the use of community treatment orders (CTOs) arises in part from their ambiguous evidence base. Recent research has provided valuable new insights into the effects of CTOs, while also highlighting the critical importance of first understanding what CTOs are and what they are meant to achieve. A genuine public discourse on the significance of CTOs will have multiple perspectives. This necessitates a more pluralistic approach to constructing the necessary knowledge of CTOs to enable communities to make sound decisions about their use.
围绕社区治疗令（CTOs）使用的争议部分源于其证据基础不明确。近期研究为CTOs的效果提供了宝贵的新见解，同时也凸显了首先了解CTOs是什么以及它们旨在实现什么目标的至关重要性。关于CTOs意义的真正公众讨论将有多种观点。这就需要一种更加多元化的方法来构建关于CTOs的必要知识，以使社区能够就其使用做出明智的决策。
