Refusal to accept treatment for mental illness


  • Illegality of forced mental health treatment
  • Prisoners' rejection of mental health aid

Nature

It is not legal to forcibly treat a patient in a prison, only in a hospital.

Incidence

People suffering mental disorders quite often refuse treatment for their diagnosed disorder. In a British prison health centre, about one quarter of psychotic patients refused mental health treatment.


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