[Coercive measures and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic]. / Zwangsmaßnahmen und die SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie.

ABSTRACT

In the clinical daily work of psychiatry, the question regularly arises under which legal conditions patients who are not able to form free will due to a mental illness should be treated in case of an additional suspicion of a SARS-CoV-2 infection or with a confirmed Covid-19 disease. However, physicians may be uncertain about the legal basis for coercive measures during the corona pandemic when and under which legal conditions such measures are required. This article presents and discusses in detail the legal regulations currently applicable in Germany.