Rethinking the Place of Compulsory Community Mental Health Treatment in Aotearoa New Zealand: Implications of an Assemblage Theory Approach

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aut.relation.articlenumber103317
aut.relation.journalHealth and Place
aut.relation.startpage103317
aut.relation.volume89
dc.contributor.authorSchneller, A
dc.contributor.authorAdams, PJ
dc.contributor.authorThom, K
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T22:05:17Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T22:05:17Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-01
dc.description.abstractMany countries with developed mental health systems permit compulsory treatment for mental illness in community settings. Research has challenged practices associated with the increased use of compulsory community treatment due to non-compliance with human rights and lack of therapeutic efficacy. In the cultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand, this paper introduces a study of the medico-legal process for making compulsory community treatment orders. Drawing on assemblage theory, our analysis critically unpacks the idea of being heard in the event of a court hearing. We illustrate how relations in-between participants, place, and things, become territorialised in ways that reproduce orders. We suggest reterritorialisation of these relations is vital to becoming heard. Rethinking the role of compulsory community treatment orders has implications for mental health law reform. This reform provides a rare opportunity to support services in avoiding compulsory treatment in practice.
dc.identifier.citationHealth and Place, ISSN: 1353-8292 (Print); 1873-2054 (Online), Elsevier BV, 89, 103317-. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103317
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103317
dc.identifier.issn1353-8292
dc.identifier.issn1873-2054
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17821
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135382922400145X
dc.rights© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAssemblage
dc.subjectCommunity
dc.subjectCompulsory treatment
dc.subjectDeleuze
dc.subjectHuman rights
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subject42 Health Sciences
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subject3 Good Health and Well Being
dc.subject1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject1604 Human Geography
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subject42 Health sciences
dc.subject44 Human society
dc.titleRethinking the Place of Compulsory Community Mental Health Treatment in Aotearoa New Zealand: Implications of an Assemblage Theory Approach
dc.typeJournal Article
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