Sentence:  After explaining that for 7 years, from '88 to '95, I was permanently <WSD>sectioned</WSD> under the Mental Health act, robbed of my freedom, my integrity, my rights, I wrote at the time;- ¶ ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons. (So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.)