End Coercion in Mental Health Services—Toward a System Based on Support Only

Martin Zinkler and Sebastian von Peter
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Martin Zinkler: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Kliniken Landkreis Heidenheim gGmbH, Academic Teaching Hospital of Ulm University, Schlosshaustr, 100, 89522 Heidenheim, Germany
Sebastian von Peter: Medical School Brandenburg, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Immanuel Albertinen Klinik Rüdersdorf, Seebad 82/83, 15562 Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Germany

Laws, 2019, vol. 8, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: Based on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), several UN bodies, among them the High Commissioner for Human Rights, have argued for a complete ban of all coercive interventions in mental health care. The authors conceptualize a system for mental health care based on support only. Psychiatry loses its function as an agent of social control and follows the will and preferences of those who require support. The authors draw up scenarios for dealing with risk, inpatient care, police custody, and mental illness in prison. With such a shift, mental health services could earn the trust of service users and thereby improve treatment outcomes.

Keywords: CRPD; human rights; coercion; social control; mental illness (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: 2019
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