Consent is essential before a porson can be admitted to any admission to hospital in general medical field. In psychiatric field, some patinets who have to be take urgent admission procedures to get rid of florid symtoms, but do not agree to
admitted
have been hospitalization against their wills. That procedures, we call it involuntary admission.
In the cases of inevitable involuntary admissions, three are possibilities of violation of patient's right. In most developed countries, Involuntary admission is governed by the Mental health leglstration. So main functioning of mental health
laws
is
protection of human rights.
If most patients who have to be admitted agree to hospitalization or consent to be admitted, there are little possibilitions to violation of human rights. that procedures, we call it voluntary admission, Grossly speaking, there are two kinds of
voluntary admission procedures. One is conditioned voluntary admission and the other is unconditioned voluntary admission. The latter is same admission procedures in general medical fields. In developed mental health situation, the ratio of
voluntary
admission is high. In England the ratio is over 80%.
The most dramatic change noted in the hospitalization procedures over past 40 years comes from involuntary hospitalization, there are some subtypes of procedures. They are cmergency hospitalization, observation hospitalization and compulsary
hospitalization.
The protective measures for patient in mental health laws are periodic revicw, court and administratives review, right to treatment, rights of mental patients, application of least restictive alternatives, and the use of advocates or pationts
representatives.
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