Mental health law in Germany

There is no national mental health law in Germany: the 16 German states are responsible for legislation concerning forced admissions, while the German Civil Code covers non-acute care, in particular for those not able to care for themselves. In forensic psychiatry, both federal and state laws apply....

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zielasek, Jürgen, Gaebel, Wolfgang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015
Materias:
Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093837
_version_ 1783267441001889792
author Zielasek, Jürgen
Gaebel, Wolfgang
author_facet Zielasek, Jürgen
Gaebel, Wolfgang
author_sort Zielasek, Jürgen
collection PubMed
description There is no national mental health law in Germany: the 16 German states are responsible for legislation concerning forced admissions, while the German Civil Code covers non-acute care, in particular for those not able to care for themselves. In forensic psychiatry, both federal and state laws apply. This article describes this situation and provides figures about detentions and other aspects of mental health law in Germany.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5619597
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher The Royal College of Psychiatrists
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-56195972017-11-01 Mental health law in Germany Zielasek, Jürgen Gaebel, Wolfgang BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile There is no national mental health law in Germany: the 16 German states are responsible for legislation concerning forced admissions, while the German Civil Code covers non-acute care, in particular for those not able to care for themselves. In forensic psychiatry, both federal and state laws apply. This article describes this situation and provides figures about detentions and other aspects of mental health law in Germany. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5619597/ /pubmed/29093837 Text en © 2015 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/).
spellingShingle Mental Health Law Profile
Zielasek, Jürgen
Gaebel, Wolfgang
Mental health law in Germany
title Mental health law in Germany
title_full Mental health law in Germany
title_fullStr Mental health law in Germany
title_full_unstemmed Mental health law in Germany
title_short Mental health law in Germany
title_sort mental health law in germany
topic Mental Health Law Profile
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093837
work_keys_str_mv AT zielasekjurgen mentalhealthlawingermany
AT gaebelwolfgang mentalhealthlawingermany

Ejemplares similares