Compulsion of the detained: service, legal and ethical issues in the use of civil commitment in correctional settings in New Zealand. : An article from: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law [HTML]

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Title: Compulsion of the detained: service, legal and ethical issues in the use of civil commitment in correctional settings in New Zealand.
Author: Alexander I.F. Simpson
Publication: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Australian Academic Press Pty. Ltd.
Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Page: 108(5)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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The Mason Inquiry (Mason et al., 1998) established the service principle that people with a serious mental illness in prison in New Zealand have the same right of access to mental health services as anyone in the community. This includes the access to inpatient treatment if acute admission is required. Recent work on psychiatric morbidity in New Zealand prisons (Simpson et al., 1999; Brinded et al., 2001) has confirmed that there are perhaps 200 people with acute mental health treatment needs in prison. Over-demand for forensic inpatient beds has created waiting fists for prisoners to get access to inpatient treatment, many of whom are incompetent to make treatment decisions. Should such people have the same "right" to access compulsory community...


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