Involuntary Commitment for Substance Use Disorder Included in or Excluded from the Mental Health Commitment Legislation.

Beskrivning

The mission of the Swedish government’s National Commission on Comorbidity was to analyse the coordination of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and to clarify the division of responsibilities between health care and social services. As a part of this assignment a special analysis was performed on commitment to involuntary care. Involuntary commitment due to SUD has since 1989 been regulated by The Care of Substance Abuser’s Act, and not included in the regular mental health legislation. In a proposal by the Commission in 2023, repeal of this specific legislation was suggested, with people with SUD to be absorbed in the involuntary legislation for individuals with severe mental illness. This presentation will focus on the reasoning behind integrating commitment of people with SUD into the involuntary care legislation for people with severe mental illness. The presentation will also investigate the consequences of the proposed change regarding legislation, patients, and institutions.

Period	2024 juli 24
Evenemangstitel	International Academy of Law and Mental Health XXXVIIIth Congress
Typ av evenemang	Konferens
Konferensnummer	XXXVIIIth
Plats	Barcelona, SpanienVisa på karta
Omfattning	Internationell