Examples of Involuntary placement in a sentence
Involuntary placement in a psychiatric establishment should cease as soon as it is no longer required by the patient's mental state.
Involuntary placement decisions are issued for an indefinite period.
Involuntary placement for care and treatment under the Mental Treatment Act continues until discharged at the discretion of the Medical Officer in Charge, or by any two members of the Visiting Committee if they believe the patient is detained without sufficient cause (s.36).
Involuntary placement in hospital is ordered by the Préfet or, in Paris, by the Police Commissioner.
Involuntary placement in psychiatric hospitals is reviewed by the court every 30 days.
Involuntary placement means the admission and detention in e.g. a hospital, the placement not being effected at the person's own request.
Involuntary placement without treatment is not possible in any part of the UK, although a detained patient may, rarely, remain in hospital even though not treatable, on grounds of public protection.
Involuntary placement entails taking the child into care, a measure which may be appealed by a child of 12.
Involuntary placement of a person (not only mentally healthy, but also mentally ill) into a psychiatric hospital without reason may lead to criminal punishment (article 128 of the criminal code).
See: FRA (2013), Legal capacity of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems; FRA (2012), Involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of persons with mental health problems; and FRA (2012) Choice and control: the right to independent living.