Taking control: variations in forced psychiatric treatment in the community

这一跨学科项目的目的是全面了解在未经同意的情况下使用法律命令在社区实施精神治疗的各种不同的驱动因素。澳大利亚对这些有争议的命令的使用率非常高，司法管辖区内和司法管辖区之间的使用率存在无法解释的差异，一些少数群体受到的影响不成比例。对于那些人权受到强制限制的人来说，揭露这些知识将成为一种程序正义的形式。这一知识预计将导致法律和政策方面的创新，以及随后的组织和制度改进，为受强迫治疗影响的人带来深远的好处。

This interdisciplinary project aims to produce a comprehensive understanding of the drivers underpinning variations in the use of legal orders to enforce psychiatric treatment in the community without consent. Australia’s rate of use of these controversial orders is very high and there are unexplained variations in rates of use within and between jurisdictions, with some minority groups disproportionately affected. Uncovering this knowledge will act as a form of procedural justice for those who have had their human rights limited by compulsion. This knowledge is expected to lead to innovations in law and policy, with subsequent organisational and system improvements, generating profound benefits for those affected by forced treatment.