others 33% 21% 36% theft 7% 5% 29% average percent reduction 44% (table taken directly from source and converted to wikipedia table template) a 2009 study, new york state assisted outpatient treatment evaluation done by duke university, policy research associates, university of virginia, found: no current or recent aot (n=134) current aot (n=115) outcome events (past six months) n % n % violent behavior 21 (15.7) 12 (10.4) suicidal thoughts or attempts 22 (16.4) 17 (14.8) homelessness 13 (9.7) 6 (5.2) involuntary commitment 54 (43.2) 46 (41.4) mental health pick-up/removal 25 (18.7) 16 (13.9) (table taken directly from source and converted to wikipedia table template) the study, compulsory community and involuntary outpatient treatment for people with severe mental disorders by steve r kisely, leslie anne campbell, neil j preston published at the cochrane library found: we identified two randomised clinical trials (total n = 416) of court-ordered 'outpatient commitment' (opc) from the usa. we found little evidence that compulsory community treatment was effective in any of the main outcome indices: health service use (2 rcts, n = 416, rr for readmission to hospital by 11-12 months 0.98 ci 0.79 to 1.2); social functioning (2 rcts, n = 416, rr for arrested at least once by 11-12 months 0.97 ci 0.62 to 1.52); mental state; quality of life (2 rcts, n = 416, rr for homelessness 0.67 ci 0.39 to 1.15) or satisfaction with care (2 rcts, n = 416, rr for perceived coercion 1.36 ci 0.97 to 1.89). however, risk of victimisation may decrease with opc (1 rct, n = 264, rr 0.5 ci 0.31 to 0.8). in terms of numbers needed to treat (nnt), it would take 85 opc orders to prevent one readmission, 27 to prevent one episode of homelessness and 238 to prevent one arrest. the nnt for the reduction of victimisation was lower at six (ci 6 to 6.5). a new search for trials in 2008 did not find any new trials that were relevant to this review. the results of this study also did not support the usefulness of compulsory outpatient treatment: community treatment orders (ctos) for patients with psychosis (octet): a randomised controlled trial done by professor tom burns dsc, jorun rugkåsa phd, andrew molodynski mbchb, john dawson lld, ksenija yeeles bsc, maria vazquez-montes phd, merryn voysey mbiostat, julia sinclair dphil, and professor stefan priebe frcpsych found: of 442 patients assessed, 336 patients were randomly assigned to be discharged from hospital either on cto (167 patients) or section 17 leave (169 patients). one patient withdrew directly after randomisation and two were ineligible, giving a total sample of 333 patients (166 in the cto group and 167 in the section 17 group). at 12 months, despite the fact that the length of initial compulsory outpatient treatment differed significantly between the two groups (median 183 days cto group vs 8 days section 17 group, p<0·001) the number of patients readmitted did not differ between groups (59 of 166 patients in the cto group vs 60 of 167 patients in the section 17 group; adjusted relative risk 1·0 ).