Editing Outpatient commitment (section)

===North America===
In the last decade of the 20th century and the first of the 21st, "outpatient commitment" [[laws]] were passed in a number of [[U.S. state]]s and jurisdictions in [[Canada]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

====Canada====
[[File:Canada CTOs.svg|thumb|alt=Map: implementation of community treatment orders in Canadian provinces and territories |{{abbr|CTO|community treatment order}} implementation in Canada (2013)]]
In the mid-1990s, [[Saskatchewan]] became the first Canadian province to implement community treatment orders, and [[Ontario]] followed in 2000.<ref name=Kisely2016>{{cite journal |last=Kisely |first=Steve |date=January 2016 |title=Canadian Studies on the Effectiveness of Community Treatment Orders |journal=Canadian Journal of Psychiatry |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=7–14 |pmid=27582448 |pmc=4756603 |doi=10.1177/0706743715620414 |doi-access=free }}</ref> {{As of|2016|1|post=,}} [[New Brunswick]] was the only province without legislation that provided for either CTOs or extended leave.<ref name=Kisely2016/>
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====United States====
[[File:Map of USA with state names AOT.svg|thumb|{{abbr|AOT|assisted outpatient treatment}} implementation in the United States (2013)]]
{{As of|2010|alt=By the end of 2010,}} 44 U.S. states had enacted some version of an outpatient commitment law. In some cases, passage of the laws followed widely publicized tragedies, such as the murders of [[Laura's Law|Laura Wilcox]] and [[Kendra's Law|Kendra Webdale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Laura-s-Law-an-opportunity-to-improve-life-3181356.php|title=Laura's Law - an opportunity to improve life|last1=Hanly|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Biasotti|first2=Michael C.|date=2010-07-19|website=SFGate|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aei.org/articles/sane-mental-health-laws/|title=Sane Mental Health Laws?|website=American Enterprise Institute - AEI|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref>
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