The legal and ethical framework for compulsory psychiatric treatment. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Owen, Gareth S.; Spencer, Benjamin W.J.; Kanaan, Richard A.A.
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 44:Number 12(2016)
• Page Start: 734
• Page End: 736
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Autonomy -- ethics -- law -- Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Mental Health Act 1983 -- psychiatry; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Médecine factuelle -- Périodiques; Medicine; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; 610
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2016.09.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1357-3039

Abstract

Abstract: Compulsory detention and treatment is a key ethical issue facing psychiatry. It involves clinicians overriding patients' apparent autonomy, with ensuing ethical implications. The legal basis for detention and treatment is equally complex, with two Acts – the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 – applying to patients with mental illness.