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ArticleThe journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law2015

Commentary: civil commitment and its reform.

Alexander I F Simpson

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Article in The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alexander I F SimpsonDr. Simpson is Chief of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. sandy.simpson@camh.ca.

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Abstract

Internationally, civil commitment laws have gone through substantial reforms in the past 50 years. Discernible shifts from the medically paternalistic to the excessively legalistic may be giving way to a blending of legislative intent under the rubric of therapeutic jurisprudence. In the light of those international movements, Shao and Xie describe how China's new mental health law shows the impact of these international and local influences on the development and practice of mental health law in China. The new Law was passed in 2012. It sets a broad vision for mental health services and mental health promotion in Chinese society as well as providing the legal framework for civil commitment. Practicalities of implementation may be highly significant in the success of the legislation.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonGovernment RegulationCommitment of Persons with Psychiatric DisordersHuman Rights AbusesHumans

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