title: [Proposal for a treatment law based on the Scottish model].
abstract: Even after recent amendments and proposed modifications, the Dutch law on special admissions to psychiatric hospitals ('Bopz') is still primarily a law on admissions, whereas what psychiatry and society in general urgently require is a law on treatment. In October, 2005, in Scotland a new law concerning the care and treatment of psychiatric patients came into force: the Mental Health (Care and treatment) Act 2003 ('Act'). This new law can in fact be designated a treatment law. In this article the Scottish Act is compared to the Bopz. The comparison shows that Scotland has in fact developed a law which may provide an answer to the inadequacies of the Bopz.
authors.affiliation: jan.van.opstal@ggzwnb.nl
authors.forename: J A G
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Opstal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lammers
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003657:Decision Making; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D009426:Netherlands; D010343:Patient Admission; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012606:Scotland; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence