Compulsory admission and involuntary treatment in Portugal

This paper details the grounds for compulsory treatment, compulsory admissions in an emergency department and compulsory out-patient treatment in Portugal. Portuguese mental health legislation has improved significantly over recent years, with enhanced safeguards, rapid and rigorous review and clear...

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Autores principales: Almeida, Telma, Molodynski, Andrew
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/PMC5618893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093887
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description This paper details the grounds for compulsory treatment, compulsory admissions in an emergency department and compulsory out-patient treatment in Portugal. Portuguese mental health legislation has improved significantly over recent years, with enhanced safeguards, rapid and rigorous review and clear criteria for compulsory treatment, although much remains to be done, especially in relation to the ‘move into the community’.
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spelling pubmed-56188932017-11-01 Compulsory admission and involuntary treatment in Portugal Almeida, Telma Molodynski, Andrew BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile This paper details the grounds for compulsory treatment, compulsory admissions in an emergency department and compulsory out-patient treatment in Portugal. Portuguese mental health legislation has improved significantly over recent years, with enhanced safeguards, rapid and rigorous review and clear criteria for compulsory treatment, although much remains to be done, especially in relation to the ‘move into the community’. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5618893/ /pubmed/29093887 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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title_full Compulsory admission and involuntary treatment in Portugal
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title_full_unstemmed Compulsory admission and involuntary treatment in Portugal
title_short Compulsory admission and involuntary treatment in Portugal
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