在等待承诺听证会时监禁患有精神疾病的人.
1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
|February 13, 2026
概括
在监狱中被关押的精神疾病患者面临不充分的护理和虐待风险. 这种以成本和便利为驱动的做法违反了宪法权利,并突出了心理健康服务获得的系统性失败.
科学领域:
- 法医精神病学 法医精神病学
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 心理健康法 心理健康法
背景情况:
- 紧急精神病关押通常会导致在等待法庭听证会的个人被关进监狱.
- 患有精神疾病的囚犯面临治疗,监控和虐待不足的风险.
- 与精神卫生设施相比,监狱被利用是因为成本较低,访问更容易.
研究的目的:
- 检查在紧急情况下在监狱中拘留精神疾病患者的做法.
- 突出与监狱精神健康拘留相关的法律和道德挑战.
- 用密西西比州作为一个案例研究,说明这种做法存在的问题.
主要方法:
- 审查法律先例和国家政策关于心理健康持有和监狱拘留的法律先例.
- 对使用监狱为心理健康护理的激励和后果的分析.
- 案例研究检查密西西比州对监狱的依赖精神疾病的个人.
主要成果:
- 紧急精神卫生拘留人员的监禁可能导致不合格的护理和增加的脆弱性.
- 法律挑战已经将监狱的使用确定为违反宪法权利.
- 密西西比州是依赖监狱为心理健康护理所带来的广泛问题的一个例子.
结论:
- 在紧急拘留期间为患有精神疾病的个人使用监狱是有问题的,可能违宪的.
- 由于道德和法律方面的担忧,各国越来越多地采取行动减少或消除这种做法.
- 需要进行系统性改革,以确保适当的心理健康治疗,并防止监禁.
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