[Legal responsibility of mentally ill persons].
In a long humanistic tradition, insanity is a cause of irresponsibility. An irresponsible patient has to be treated. Are responsibility and irresponsibility so contrasted? Where can we put the limits between judicial repression and mental care? What are the best means to treat mental patients? Debate remains open. This article is a clinical and practical reasoning.
Olié
Jean-Pierre
JP
Service hospitalo-universitaire de santé mentale et de thérapeutique, centre hospitalier Sainte-Anne, 75674 Paris Cedex 14. jp.olie@ch-sainte-anne.fr
Fabre
Isabelle
I
D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*