Call for study participants: Improving Mandated Community Treatment for Mental Illness through Inter-sectoral Collaboration.

This research project follows up on the work of Fiona Jager https://www.stlawrencecollege.ca/programs/school-of-baccalaureate-nursing-faculty-profiles on Community Treatment Orders -CTO’s, where she examined the experience of CTO’s from an on the ground perspective.  

The new research effort, in partnership with a law researcher, looks at the CTO process in Ontario from the point of view of the multiple stakeholders involved, including CCB members, PPAO members, Health care practitioners, clients, families and lawyers. 

..."What is the study about?
Community treatment orders (CTOs) allow for the involuntary treatment of people with mental illness under the Mental Health Act. The purpose of this study is to address ongoing issues with the CTO process in Ontario by investigating the views of and building collaboration between key stakeholders. We aim to engage different CTO stakeholders to generate ideas for an improved CTO process and use these solutions to make policy recommendations." ...

Please contact the researchers to learn more about the study and consider participating: 

Researchers:
Dr. Fiona Jager RN, PhD 
Professor of Nursing
St. Lawrence College
2288 Parkedale Ave
Brockville Ontario
fjager@sl.on.ca

Dr. Samuel Boyle
Senior Lecturer
School of Law
Queensland University of Technology
samuel.boyle@qut.edu.au 

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If you have any concerns about your rights as a research participant, or the way in which the research was conducted, please contact the St. Lawrence Research Ethics Board Chair at reb@sl.on.ca