Since 2004, consent to care has been enshrined in French law. Therefore, no medical procedure or treatment can be performed without a person’s free and informed consent. There is, however, an exception: psychiatry.
In this profession, it is still possible to seek treatment without consent, isolation and restraint. “It’s a question of responding to situations where people are unable to consent to care because of awareness of their impairment or care needs, while their mental state requires immediate care with monitoring. medical”. explains Dr. David Masson, head of psychosocial rehabilitation at the Nancy Psychotherapeutic Center. Though “These practices are highly controlled and should be used as a last resort.” For him, one of the current challenges of psychiatry is to prevent and avoid this last resort as much as possible.
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Source: Le Figaro
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