Title :

Involuntary psychiatric care for inmates in France: Only for "dangerous" patients?

Author(s) :

Fovet, Thomas [Auteur]

Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Bertrand, M. [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Horn, Mathilde [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]

Si Mohammed, W. [Auteur]
Dandelot, D. [Auteur]
Dalle, M.-C. [Auteur]
Centre de Recherche Jean-Pierre AUBERT Neurosciences et Cancer - U837 [JPArc]
Thomas, Pierre [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193

Amad, Ali [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]

Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193

Journal title :

L’Encéphale

Abbreviated title :

Encephale

Volume number :

44

Pages :

568-570

Publication date :

2017-11-27

ISSN :

0013-7006

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

The unités hospitalières spécialement aménagées (UHSA) are full-time inpatient psychiatric units for inmates in France. Their creation has been associated with several advances in access to psychiatric care for inmates in ...
Show more >The unités hospitalières spécialement aménagées (UHSA) are full-time inpatient psychiatric units for inmates in France. Their creation has been associated with several advances in access to psychiatric care for inmates in recent years. However, there is still only one means of involuntary hospitalization for prisoners in France: care by decision of a representative of the state (les soins sur décision d'un représentant de l'état [SDRE]). Interestingly, for SDRE to be recognized as legal by the French judge, the patient must be "a danger to himself or to the others". Thus, there is a major difference with involuntary hospitalization outside the prison, and there are specific criteria for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization for inmates in France. This situation questions the general framework of involuntary psychiatric care and is very inconsistent with French law. Indeed, the goal of the loi no 94-43 du 18 janvier 1994 relating to public health and social protection is to ensure equivalent care for all patients, incarcerated or not.Show less >

Language :

Anglais
Français

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193

Research team(s) :

Équipe Psychiatrie & Croyance (PsyCHIC)

Submission date :

2019-02-13T14:17:53Z
2020-03-09T15:40:19Z