Community treatment orders and mental health social work: Issues for policy and practice in the UK and Ireland

A Hidden Dynamic: Examining the Impact of Fear on Mental Health Officers’ Decisions to Use Powers of Compulsory Detention

“…The increasing gap between demand and available resources has left some MHOs '…feeling that their priorities are over-ridden, and grief at having to withhold services from people who need them' (Foster and Roberts, 2005: 10). Rising instances of Word Count: 5928 compulsory measures including detention may indicate that under these circumstances, MHOs may be utilising the 'safe' option (Quirk et al, 2003;Stone, 2018;Campbell, et al 2019).…”