Editing Outpatient commitment (section)

==Preventive use==

Outpatient commitment is used in some countries to prevent relapse of mental disorders, as many mental disorders are episodic in nature (for example [[bipolar disorder]] or [[schizophrenia]]) and it can be difficult to predict whether a mental disorder will reoccur. Some countries use outpatient commitment for [[Antipsychotic#First episode psychosis|first episode psychosis]] (FEP).<ref name="Schizophrenia Research 2017 pp. 67–72">{{cite journal | title=Community Treatment Order: Identifying the need for more evidence based justification of its use in first episode psychosis patients | journal=Schizophrenia Research | volume=185 | date=2017-07-01 | issn=0920-9964 | doi=10.1016/j.schres.2016.12.022 | pages=67–72 | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920996416305977 | access-date=2020-07-03| last1=Morandi | first1=Stéphane | last2=Golay | first2=Philippe | last3=Lambert | first3=Martin | last4=Schimmelmann | first4=Benno G. | last5=McGorry | first5=Patrick D. | last6=Cotton | first6=Sue M. | last7=Conus | first7=Philippe | pmid=28038921 | s2cid=4522185 | url-access=subscription }}</ref>