• The American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization (AAAIMH) was an organization founded in 1970 by Thomas Szasz, George Alexander, and Erving Goffman for the purpose of abolishing involuntary psychiatric intervention, particularly involuntary commitment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Years ahead of the WHO reports, Dr. Szasz advocated an end to forced psychiatric treatment, writing that "increasing numbers of persons, both in the mental health professions and in public life, have come to acknowledge that involuntary psychiatric intervention are methods of social control. (cchrnational.org)
  • Another reason for the prohibition of involuntary admission relates to doubt concerning the accuracy of assessment of mental capacity, which implies adequate assessment may justify involuntary admission. (koreamed.org)
  • The Prohibition of involuntary hospitalization and treatment is clearly stated in Article 2.3.4. (lu.se)
  • CCHR co-founder, psychatrist and humanitarian Thomas Szasz, M.D., said, "The most important deprivation of human and constitutional rights inflicted upon persons said to be mentally ill is involuntary mental hospitalization. (cchrnational.org)
  • In the Platform Statement of the association, one can read: Throughout the entire history of psychiatry, involuntary psychiatric interventions, and especially involuntary mental hospitalization, have been regarded as morally and professionally legitimate procedures. (wikipedia.org)
  • On both moral and practical grounds, I advocate the abolition of all involuntary psychiatry. (cchrnational.org)
  • We seek to replace involuntary psychiatry (psychiatric slavery) with contractual relations between care givers and clients. (ilcappellaiomatto.org)
  • Although the UNCRPD itself does not refer explicitly to the abolition of involuntary hospitalization, the General Comment prohibited all compulsory admission without adequate explanation. (koreamed.org)
  • While the disability status alone may not justify the denial of legal capacity, the existence of impaired decision-making ability can raise issues regarding whether involuntary admission can be justified in the best interest of persons with mental illness. (koreamed.org)
  • The General Comment, however, argues that involuntary admission does not comply with the CRPD which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities. (koreamed.org)
  • 9. Shin K. Problem analysis and improvement strategy for involuntary admission in mental health act - focusing on the restoration of personal subject turned into reification. (koreamed.org)
  • Does involuntary admission violate the rights of those affected? (lu.se)
  • In addition to cases of public security incidents or criminal cases that deprive citizens of their personal freedom, involuntary admission is considered a special situation that deprives citizens of their personal freedom in accordance with health laws. (lu.se)
  • It emphasizes that involuntary admission should be based on clear necessity and not simply because the patient has a mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities. (lu.se)
  • It can be seen that both the relevant provisions of the Convention and the Committee's interpretation take a negative position on involuntary admission. (lu.se)
  • Thomas Szasz Wrongful involuntary commitment Fisk, Margaret (1976). (wikipedia.org)
  • This right also challenges the coercive treatment legally allowable under involuntary commitment laws, even when "justified" by criteria like "a need for treatment," "dangerousness" or "lack of insight. (cchrnational.org)
  • Beyond involuntary commitment, WHO points out that additional rights in CRPD to freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse also prohibit coercive practices, including seclusion, restraint, and administering psychiatric drugs, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and psychosurgery without informed consent. (cchrnational.org)
  • Involuntary outpatient commitment is a civil procedure in which those who have been deemed in need of mental health services are court-ordered to engage in them in the community. (sagepub.com)
  • Involuntary Hospitalization and Treatment: Should it be abolished? (lu.se)
  • Discussions about ending involuntary hospitalization and treatment raise questions about the rights and care of individuals with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities. (lu.se)
  • Hospitalization has been a treatment for mental health issues, but it involves voluntary and involuntary decisions. (lu.se)
  • It is worth noting that the position of total abolition does not imply the abandonment of persons with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities or the denial of medical treatment and any support. (lu.se)
  • WHO's rejection of nonconsensual mental health treatment echoes the long-time advocacy of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to end involuntary treatment and harmful psychiatric practices and restore human rights and dignity to the field of mental health. (cchrnational.org)
  • WHO's call for an end to involuntary mental health treatment extends to those experiencing acute mental distress. (cchrnational.org)
  • Involuntary mental hospitalization is imprisonment under the guise of treatment. (ilcappellaiomatto.org)
  • Inevitability of the human rights protection and the hospitalization process strengthening of the persons with mental illness. (koreamed.org)
  • As a human rights organization and mental health industry watchdog, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights has exposed and campaigned against the abusive use of involuntary institutionalization and psychiatric treatments given without consent, including forced drugging, restraints, and involuntary electroshock. (cchrnational.org)
  • The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has often been cited as the basis for the abolition of involuntary hospitalization for persons with mental illness. (koreamed.org)
  • New guidelines for mental health services issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) are a strong call to action for United Nations (UN) member countries, including the United States, to take bold steps to ensure that their mental health services are free from coercion, including forced drugging, the use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion, and involuntary institutionalization. (cchrnational.org)
  • [ 2 ] a period in which we are bombarded with exposés of scandals in the board and care and the nursing home industries, and urged to reconsider our reluctance to countenance the involuntary confinement of street people. (cdlib.org)
  • 2 Except in the most extreme cases, bordering on actual paranoia and requiring immediate hospitalization, the best or most promising scenario for the subject and his entourage (his spouse, family, relatives, colleagues, neighbours, etc.) is to be allowed to use the court system freely. (judicialmadness.com)
  • I must confess to a certain initial skepticism about claims that so durable an institution was swiftly and certainly en route to the historical scrapheap, but the subject certainly seemed worthy of further investigation. (cdlib.org)
  • The abolition struggle must confront how institutions that constrain people with disabilities inflict carceral violence. (truthout.org)
  • And in the wake of the homicide, Mayor Eric Adams - whose rhetoric and policies were already being criticized as demonizing unhoused and disabled people on the MTA - highlighted his mental health involuntary removals policy , which forces psychiatric care on unhoused New Yorkers like Neely who " appear mentally ill. (scheerpost.com)
  • Policies such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court and numerous " anti-camping" ordinances are reinterpreting existing legal protections to allow for the removal and detention of people who are unhoused and deemed mentally ill, under threat of involuntary commitment or even conservatorship . (scheerpost.com)
  • Harold Visotsky:] We will be discussing the issue of whether any conditions justify involuntary commitment if a person is diagnosed as being mentally ill. (nih.gov)
  • The most important deprivation of human and constitutional rights inflicted upon persons said to be mentally ill is involuntary mental hospitalization," he wrote. (cchrnational.org)
  • Psychiatrist and humanitarian Thomas Szasz, M.D., co-founder of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, wrote: "The most important deprivation of human and constitutional rights inflicted upon persons said to be mentally ill is involuntary mental hospitalization. (cchrnational.org)
  • The American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization (AAAIMH) was an organization founded in 1970 by Thomas Szasz, George Alexander, and Erving Goffman for the purpose of abolishing involuntary psychiatric intervention, particularly involuntary commitment. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the Platform Statement of the association, one can read: Throughout the entire history of psychiatry, involuntary psychiatric interventions, and especially involuntary mental hospitalization, have been regarded as morally and professionally legitimate procedures. (wikipedia.org)
  • As Americans before us have eventually replaced involuntary servitude (chattel slavery) with contractual relations between employers and employees, we seek to replace involuntary psychiatry (psychiatric slavery) with contractual relations between care givers and clients. (homosociologicus.com)
  • concepts and controversies in modern medicine] [Involuntary Hospitalization of the Psychiatric Patient: Should It Be Abolished? (nih.gov)
  • WHO's rejection of nonconsensual mental health treatment echoes the long-time advocacy of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to end abusive involuntary treatment and harmful psychiatric practices and restore human rights and dignity to the field of mental health. (cchrnational.org)
  • Beyond involuntary commitment, WHO points out that additional rights in CRPD to freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse also prohibit coercive practices, including seclusion, restraint, and administering psychiatric drugs, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT, or electroshock) and psychosurgery without informed consent. (cchrnational.org)
  • In addition to being one of the first UN actors to acknowledge that the CRPD prohibited involuntary treatment and involuntary confinement, Nowak adopted a standard similar to one I proposed during the elaboration of the CRPD. (madinamerica.com)