The new French mental health law regarding psychiatric involuntary treatment

The French Republic has had four laws governing the detention of people with a mental illness. The first dates from 1838 and remained in place until 1990. The most recent one was issued on 27 September 2013; it confirmed the role of the judge and strengthened the legal procedures. This new French me...

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Autores principales: Senon, Jean Louis, Jonas, Carol, Botbol, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016
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Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093885
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description The French Republic has had four laws governing the detention of people with a mental illness. The first dates from 1838 and remained in place until 1990. The most recent one was issued on 27 September 2013; it confirmed the role of the judge and strengthened the legal procedures. This new French mental health law is an attempt to find a balance between the protection of patients’ rights and the need for treatment.
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spelling pubmed-56188912017-11-01 The new French mental health law regarding psychiatric involuntary treatment Senon, Jean Louis Jonas, Carol Botbol, Michel BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile The French Republic has had four laws governing the detention of people with a mental illness. The first dates from 1838 and remained in place until 1990. The most recent one was issued on 27 September 2013; it confirmed the role of the judge and strengthened the legal procedures. This new French mental health law is an attempt to find a balance between the protection of patients’ rights and the need for treatment. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5618891/ /pubmed/29093885 Text en © 2016 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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