Toward reconsideration of involuntary treatment system in psychiatry
Okazaki, N.
Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi 115(7): 740-744
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2658 PMID: 24050016 Document Number: 666988
The guardian system depending on families in the mental health and welfare act is expected to be revised in the near future. Our special articles, based on the present situation, widely discuss the problems with the involuntary treatment system in psychiatry from the viewpoint of ideal and practical aspects. The panel members were selected from the fields of admission psychiatry, community psychiatry, foreign systems, and advocacy.