He believes that forcing mentally ill people to comply with treatment will lead to increased suspicion of services and reluctance by people in need of care to come forward for treatment. Cliff Prior is Chief Executive of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship , the charity for people affected by severe mental illness and their carers. He believes that there are some people who could be helped by compulsory treatment in the community rather than facing the disruption of being forced into hospital. Peter Campbell, freelance writer and founder member of 'Survivors Speak Out', has himself been detained against his will in hospital. He believes that compulsory community treatment will alienate many service users and will push mental health workers even further towards a service dominated by custody, coercion and control.
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