Human rights and psychiatric hospitalization
Document no. 6.
Data of publication: September 2015.
Human rights and psychiatric hospitalization.
For an ethics of capability.
Diagnosed life.
This document is the result of analysis and reflection work carried out within the framework of the Care Ethics Committee of the Catalan Foundation for Mental Health (CEA – FCCSM) throughout 2013. During the aforementioned period, the members of the CEA assessed the situation of psychiatric hospitalization in Catalonia and its effects on the lives of patients and families through reflection, testimonies from key stakeholders, comparison with other national contexts, and debate.
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Index:
1a Part
Human rights and psychiatric hospitalization
Introduction
2) Antecedents
3) Psychiatric admission within the community treatment model
3.1. Questions affecting its feasibility
3.1.1. Experiences of patients, family, and professionals
3.2. Reflections on Admission to an Acute Unit
3.2.1. Adults
3.2.1.1. Welcome and accompaniment upon admission
3.2.2. Children, adolescents and young people
4) Juridical-legal consequences of psychiatric admission
5) Conclusions and recommendations
5.1. Information and training for professionals
5.2. Aspects that facilitate admission and continuity of care for both adults and children and adolescents
5.3. Specific aspects to consider when hospitalizing children and adolescents
5.4. Hospitalization Conditions and Protection Measures at Discharge
5.5. Intervention and the Judge's Role in Psychiatric Hospitalization
Bibliography
2a Part
A Journey Towards a Capability Ethics
Diagnosed life
For an ethics of capability.
1.1. Impact of the United Nations Convention “on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” (New York 2006) within our legislation
1.2. Impact of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (New York, 2006) and its repercussions in the field of care for people with mental health problems
2) Diagnosed life
2.1. Words are not things. The DSMs and the dissolution of the subject
Is an atheoretical classification possible?
Signs or symptoms?
An asocial and extra-moral psychiatry?
To be or to have?
2.2. Misuse, perversions, and commercial uses of the DSM
Administrative illness
Clinical Malpractice
Bad business
