The committee of the Mental Health Act, Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology is considering patients' advocacy for psychiatric hospitalization and a new advocate system. In order to make this system effective, the establishment of a Psychiatric Advocacy Center that is independent of government and medical institutions, the development of registered advocates, the establishment of regional councils on advocates, and public awareness activities on advocacy will be required. We plan to propose that the implementation of this system should be placed in the Mental Health Act. Together with the Psychiatric Review Board, this advocacy system will be improved, which will lead to the improvement of overall psychiatric care and discrimination against mental illness.
Author's abstract
The Opinions of an Advocacy System for Psychiatric Hospitalization by the Committee of the Mental Health Act, Japan Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
Department of Psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica
125: 300-304, 2023
https://doi.org/10.57369/pnj.23-044
https://doi.org/10.57369/pnj.23-044
<Keywords:advocacy, psychiatric hospitalization, advocate, Mental Health Act>