Coping with Criticism and Embracing Change—Further Reflexions on the Debate on a Mental Health Care System without Coercion

Sebastian von Peter and Martin Zinkler
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Sebastian von Peter: Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane, Fehrbelliner Str. 38, 16816 Neuruppin, Germany
Martin Zinkler: Kliniken Landkreis Heidenheim gGmbH, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Academic Teaching Hospital of Ulm University, Schlosshaustr. 100, 89522 Heidenheim, Germany

Laws, 2021, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: In August 2019, a manuscript was published in this journal that aimed at imagining a mental health care system that renounces the judicial control to better focus on the will and preferences of those who require support. Alternative scenarios for dealing with risk, inpatient care, and police custody were presented that elicited strong and emotionally laden reactions. This article adds further reflections to this debate, aiming at contributing explanations for this unsettlement. A productive notion of criticism is discussed, and ways to achieve change toward a more human rights-oriented psychiatric practice are outlined.

Keywords: human rights; psychiatry; coercion; critique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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