Compulsory Mental Health Treatment in the Community: A Least Restrictive Alternative?

Venue: Singapore Theatre (Basement), Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor Steven Segal Fulbright Alumni Fellow and an Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne

This free public lecture by Professor Steven Segal will consider the utility of community treatment orders as a least restrictive alternative to hospitalisation for protecting health, safety, and quality of life over the course of two decades in Victoria.

This lecture will be followed by a panel discussion, Hosted by Professor Bernadette McSherry, Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, with Maggie Toko, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council, Dr Gunvant Patel, Consultant Psychiatrist, St Vincent’s Hospital, Forensicare and the Mental Health Tribunal, and Dr Piers Gooding, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Social Equity Institute and Board Member, Belonging Matters.

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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/7723-compulsory-mental-health-treatment-in-the-community-a-least-restrictive