Involuntary isolation: interpreting mental health legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors :: Sediqzadah S
Ghebrehariat L
Weersink KT
Fisman DN
Naidoo KA
Source :: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science [Br J Psychiatry] 2021 Nov; Vol. 219 (5), pp. 575-577.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses new and unprecedented challenges to the interpretation of mental health law. The authors present pragmatic and ethical considerations in the psychiatric safety assessment at the intersection of COVID-19 and severe mental illness.

Subjects :: Humans
Mental Health
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Mental Disorders epidemiology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1472-1465
Volume :: 219
Issue :: 5
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Publication Type :: Editorial & Opinion
Accession number :: 35048823
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2021.94

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