Involuntary commitment

Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisation, or informally in Britain sectioning, being sectioned, commitment, or being committed, is a legal process through which a person who is found to have a mental disorder and is taken to a psychiatric hospital where they can be treated involuntarily. This treatment may involve the use of psychoactive drugs. In many places, people diagnosed with mental health disorders can also be forced to undergo treatment while in the community; this is sometimes known as outpatient commitment and shares legal processes with commitment.

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Category:Mental health law