Table 1.

The mean rating (and listed rank) of importance attached by psychiatrists to key factors in decision to use a community treatment order^a

	Scotland 2014	England and Wales 2014	England and Wales 2010	New Zealand 2002b
To ensure contact with mental health professionals	1.25 (2)	1.7 (1)	1.86 (3)	1.79 (1)
To promote adherence to medication	1.19 (1)	1.71 (2)	1.78 (1)	2.03 (4)
To protect from consequence of relapse	1.47 (4)	1.74 (3)	1.83 (2)	2.08 (5)
To ensure rapid detection of relapse	1.84 (5)	2.10 (4)	2.24 (5)	1.90 (3)
To provide the authority to treat the patient	1.31 (3)	2.27 (5)	2.08 (4)	1,81 (2)
To facilitate readmission to in-patient care	2.75 (10)	2.41 (6)	2.56 (6)	2.43 (7)
To reduce the risk of violence to others	2.56 (6)	2.42 (7)	2.61 (7)	2.68 (8)
To provide greater security for patients' families and caregivers	2.56 (6)	2.56 (8)	2.70 (8)	2.41 (6)
To reduce the risk of self-harm by the patient	2.56 (6)	2.6 (9)	2.81 (9)	2.74 (9)
To enhance the obligation of service providers to the patient	2.63 (9)	2.97 (10)	3.12 (10)	2.97 (10)
To help ensure police assistance with patients will be available	4.03 (11)	3.72 (11)	3.74 (11)	3.31 (11)

^a.Rating: 1, very important; 3, neutral; 5, not important.

^b.10 years post-introduction.