Community treatment orders can be used in the first instance or after a period of admission to hospital as a voluntary / involuntary patient.
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State District Judge James Scanlan, who oversaw Bullard's mental health hearing, questioned the propriety of the research projects involving involuntary patients.
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Most of the wards of the Hospital is " gazetted ", meaning that the wards of the Hospital admit voluntary and involuntary patients under the Mental Health Ordinance.
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Since the killing last weekend, Spoor said, Kingsboro has changed its policy on missing patients and now reports all who are missing, not only involuntary patients, to the police.
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At the end of the 72 hours permitted by a Form 1, the person must either be released, be admitted as a voluntary patient, or continue to be held as an involuntary patient with a " certificate of involuntary admission " ( Form 3 ).
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Recent data from a NIH-funded study conducted by researchers at Duke University has shown that creating a PAD with a trained facilitator increases therapeutic alliance with clinicians, enhances involuntary patients'treatment satisfaction and perceived autonomy, and improves treatment decision-making capacity among people labeled with severe mental illness.
