Assessment Team Recommendations on the Continuation of Involuntary Commitment in Poland.
J Law Med
; 29(2): 622-634, 2022 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
This study explores explicit justifications for recommendations regarding patients' continuing detention in forensic psychiatric wards. We are interested in what arguments are used in recommendations for the continuing detention of involuntarily committed patients made by assessment teams for legal proceedings. Our frequency analysis shows that assessment teams refer predominantly to arguments related to the mental state of the detainee. When recommending a change of security level, the assessment teams frequently refer to behavioural factors. However, very rarely does such argumentation appear in recommendations for continuation of detention at the same security level. Additionally, our qualitative analysis shows a very high level of certainty with which pronouncements about patients' behaviour are made, typically in the absence of any social/institutional context. Our study shows that assessment teams tend to opt for safe decisions that are unlikely to be challenged by legal proceedings and that allow them full control over the patient.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Internamiento Involuntario
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Law Med
Asunto de la revista:
JURISPRUDENCIA
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Polonia