The guardian system depending on families in the mental health and welfare act is expected to be revised in the near future. Our special articles, based on the present situation, widely discuss the problems with the involuntary treatment system in psychiatry from the viewpoint of ideal and practical aspects.
The panel members were selected from the fields of admission psychiatry, community psychiatry, foreign systems, and advocacy.
Toward Reconsideration of Involuntary Treatment System in Psychiatry
National Hospital Organization Sendai Medical Center
Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica
115: 740-744, 2013
<Keywords:psychiatry, involuntary treatment system, mental health and welfare act, guardian>