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

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 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tamai, Sergio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Materias:
Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9313521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898628
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.879093
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Sumario: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.

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