Sentences with phrase «involuntary treatment»

Dr. Shapiro conducts seminars and workshops on various topics in his other areas of specialization, which include: adolescents and their families, parenting, communication principles, personality disorders, involuntary treatment (adolescents and others), psychiatric emergencies and crisis intervention.

Recall that under the comprehensive legal scheme we propose in the Fusion Law, that the loss of decision - making capacity is the necessary entry criterion to consideration for involuntary treatment.

«Factors that do not support involuntary treatment include homelessness or mental illness alone; idiosyncratic behavior; conclusory assertions that person poses danger; mere fact that person would benefit from treatment,» the document said.

The debate over same - sex attraction was not new: Sigmund Freud reported on one deliberate attempt to change the sexual orientation of a young woman who'd been brought in for involuntary treatment by her parents.

Not exact matches

The GOP wants to focus on tougher penalties for using illegal guns, and expanding involuntary mental health treatment.

But the drug is not perfect: L - dopa treatment eventually induces dyskinesia — quick, involuntary movements of the hands, and sometimes of the head and trunk.

Antipsychotic treatment can cause involuntary movements such as lip smacking, tongue protrusions and excessive eye blinking.

Treatment in extreme cases of the illness requires the cooperation of patients, and as such one of the arguments of those who oppose compulsory hospitalization of patients with anorexia nervosa is that beyond the legal question of a person's freedom of choice, involuntary hospitalization is an ineffective tool that will not improve the health conditions of patients.

In extreme cases the court may appoint a guardian, usually a parent, who can agree to the involuntary hospitalization of the patient — a process that results in very few patients actually being forcibly hospitalized, and even then they can leave treatment after there has been certain improvement in their condition.

Involuntary muscle movements might indicate a medical condition that requires immediate treatment.

British Columbia is considered the most regressive jurisdiction in Canada for mental health detention and involuntary psychiatric treatment, with many practices violating individual human rights, according to a report released by the Community Legal Assistance Society of B.C.

Zachary W. Carter, Mr. de Blasio's corporation counsel, said in an internal city document that there were three ways to remove people from the street: voluntary entrance into shelter; arrest if a crime was being committed; and involuntary transfer for psychiatric evaluation or treatment if they posed a danger to themselves or others.

The case challenges the laws in BC that remove any right for involuntary patients to give or refuse consent to psychiatric treatment, either for themselves or through a trusted family member or friend.

Since his arrest Monday, he has been taken to a hospital for involuntary psychiatric treatment, the sheriff's office said.

However, regardless of compensation or leaseback arrangements, involuntary surrender of the communal land title, for example, for at least 99 years as under the Northern Territory Government proposal, would almost certainly represent discriminatory behaviour, given that only Indigenous titles are to be singled out for such treatment.