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Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
DISCUSSION: Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.PMID:37738688 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Florian Hotzy Manuela Spiess Regula Ruflin Andres Schneeberger Rafael Traber St éphane Morandi Matthias Jaeger Anastasia Theodoridou Source Type: research

Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

Predictors of recovery in a medium secure service: Influence of the Welsh Government's Mental Health (2010) Measure
CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that treatment should focus on dynamic risk factors to improve service user outcomes and highlights the need for long-term medium-secure provision for some. Further research is needed to evaluate the success of MSUs and the validity of the DUNDRUM-4 across UK secure services.PMID:37717488 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101935 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 17, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Marie Smothers Charlotte Hill Daniel Lawrence Ruth Bagshaw Andrew Watt Source Type: research

Distributed rights protection: The 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults and the challenge of securing fundamental rights across borders
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 14;91:101936. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101936. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults ('the 2000 Convention') entered into force on 1 January 2009, is cast as a private international law convention (i.e. one providing tools to minimise procedural, debates about cross-border matters affecting individuals). However, in little-known, and even less explored fashion, it has significant implications for the exercise of both administrative and legal powers by States over those in their territory in zones that are conventionally held close to...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 16, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Alex Ruck Keene Chiara Cordone Source Type: research

Diminished criminal responsibility: A multinational comparative review
This article reviews the legal frameworks of diminished criminal responsibility in eighteen civil law jurisdictions across the globe-Brazil, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Turkey. Specifically, it reports the legal standards and main features of partial responsibility, associated penalty reductions, and potential dispositions following a partial responsibility finding. It also surveys empirical data on the prevalence of diminished responsibility as compared to criminal nonresponsibility. This article, wh...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 15, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: E Lea Johnston Kendall D Runyan Fernando Jos é Silva Francisco Maldonado Fuentes Source Type: research

Men placed on waiting lists for psychiatric admission from Irish Prisons over five years: Clinical outcomes during a forensic "bed crisis"
CONCLUSIONS: Long delays for forensic admission during a five-year period of limited access to such beds were partly mitigated by transfers to non-forensic hospitals, mainly diversion of minor offenders from remand settings.PMID:37708654 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101923 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 14, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Margaret Gallagher Damian Smith Philip Hickey Mark Nolan Eimear N í Mhuircheartaigh Michael Murray Enda Taylor Michelle Connaughton Conor O'Neill Source Type: research

When the security measure meets bordered penality: Release procedures for persons who are not criminally responsible without residence rights in Belgium
This article is attentive to how the forensic care trajectories for people without residence rights are currently navigated. Six qualitative interviews were conducted with key decision-makers in the forensic care trajectories of Persons NCR. Moreover, we analyse the legislative framework regarding the security measure and illustrate how features of 'bordered penality' are clearly present. Our results indicate that when working towards a return to the country of origin fails, Persons NCR without residence rights become neglected, either in high-security prison units or forensic facilities. We explore avenues to improve this...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 10, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Ellen Vandennieuwenhuysen Christelle Macq Lars Breuls Marjolein De Pau Source Type: research