Involuntary Commitment as a Psychiatric Technology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
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In the process of involuntary commitment,1 the state makes available its coercive power for use as a psychiatric technology. This application of the state's power is based on the idea that mental illness can make a person not only sick but also unaware of the illness, and dangerous or unable to care for his/her basic needs; thus, coercion may have to be used to secure the mentally ill person's and/or the public's safety, and to give treatment until the illness abates.
- Type
- Special Section: The Assessment of Psychiatry
- Information
- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , Fall 1996 , pp. 585 - 603
- Copyright
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996
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