Treatment Support Order

The Mental Health Court can make a TSO if it thinks a forensic order is not needed but an order is still required to protect the safety of the community.

If a person is on a TSO, they can be treated for their mental illness even if they think they don't need it.

Treatment can be provided in the community, or as an inpatient.

When will the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Tribunal) review a TSO? 

The TSO will be reviewed:

• within 6 months of being made and then every 6 months after
• by application to the Tribunal at any time
• on the Tribunal's initiative

The Tribunal is an independent decision-making body whose job is to hold a hearing and decide whether your should remain on the TSO or not.

What decisions can the Tribunal make?

The Tribunal can decide whether to confirm or revoke the TSO.

The TSO must be confirmed if:

• the Tribunal thinks that the TSO is needed to protect the safety of the community
• the patient has been found temporarily unfit for trial and the Tribunal has not yet found them fit.

The Tribunal can also:

• decide if the treatment an/or care should be provided in the community or in a mental health service as an inpatient
• approve or change limited community treatment (LCT of leave).
• review or change other conditions of the TSO.