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Involuntary Psychiatric Admission: Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty or a Human Right?

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: In 2008 Brazil ratified The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) an international legal instrument specifically tailored to stipulate the rights of persons with disabilities and include those with serious mental disorders. United Nations Committee set up to monitor the implementation of the Convention (CRPD Committee) lead to an insistence that involuntary detention and treatment of people with mental health (or "psychosocial") disabilities are prohibited. There is a debate about this topic that poses an impossibility of involuntary psychiatric admission in hospital.

Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.879093

Author: Sergio Tamai

Institutions: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,950