Involuntary Psychiatric Admission
Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty or a Human Right
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15523810 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sérgio Tamai (0009-0002-2632-8584, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 879093-879093 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.879093 |
| PMID | 35898628 |
| OpenAlex | W4285009622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
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
Convention · Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities · Human rights · Involuntary commitment · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |