title: [Psychiatric involuntary commitment. Historical development and current status of legal principles].
abstract: An enforced treatment and institutionalization of psychiatric patients are implying a deep cut in the personal rights and freedom of these people. To prevent an abuse of psychiatry as a federal instrument of power and for the protection of all participants (patients and psychiatry personnel) a strict obeyance of federal rules and regulation required. Following to those aspects it is possible to minimate the uncertainty and retention of non-experienced doctors in psychiatry opposite the classical conflict concerning mental cruelty.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lemke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lemke
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence