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Community Treatment Order (CTO)

A legal order under the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales) requiring a patient discharged from hospital to adhere to specified treatment conditions in the community; breach can trigger recall to hospital.

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Forensic Therapy: CBT, DBT and Mentally Disordered Offenders

Related terms

Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD)Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)Mentally disordered offender (MDO)Moral reconation therapy (MRT)Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST)NIMHANS Schema-focused therapy (SFT)

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