Involuntary commitment

Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisation, or informally in Britain sectioning, being sectioned, commitment, or being committed,[1] is a legal process through which a person who is found to have a mental disorder and is taken to a psychiatric hospital where they can be treated involuntarily. This treatment may involve the use of psychoactive drugs. In many places, people diagnosed with mental health disorders can also be forced to undergo treatment while in the community; this is sometimes known as outpatient commitment and shares legal processes with commitment.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Being sectioned (in England and Wales)". Royal College of Psychiatrists. August 2013.
  2. ↑ Rains, Luke Sheridan; Zenina, Tatiana; Dias, Marisa Casanova; Jones, Rebecca; Jeffreys, Stephen; Branthonne-Foster, Stella; Lloyd-Evans, Brynmor; Johnson, Sonia (2019-05-01). "Variations in patterns of involuntary hospitalisation and in legal frameworks: an international comparative study". The Lancet Psychiatry. 6 (5): 403–417. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30090-2. ISSN 2215-0366. PMC 6475657. PMID 30954479.
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