Balancing Patient Freedom With Safety And Well Being
Category: SCIENCE
I have always hated involuntary psychiatric treatment. It is demeaning to human dignity, subject to abuse, and extremely unpleasant both to experience and to recommend. But there are rare times when pressuring someone into treatment becomes the lesser evil, preferable to the risks of suicide, violence, jail or homelessness.
By Allen Frances, ContributorProfessor Emeritus, Duke University, 2016-03-19