[Compulsory treatments in Macao: the first five years].

Aims: To characterize compulsory treatments done in Macao in the five years after its implementation in 1999.

Method: A descriptive and retrospective study was done consulting the clinical files of persons that did compulsory treatments in Macao in the five years after its implementation.

Results: The court always confirmed the requests for compulsory admissions, 24 patients were admitted and 14 cases (58.