Allen Michael
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, 1101 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1212, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
Behav Sci Law. 2003;21(4):503-21. doi: 10.1002/bsl.541.
Many housing programs for people with mental illnesses rely on models that require the person to adhere to treatment as a condition of continuing access to housing. These models that 'bundle' housing and treatment are relics of a past in which persons with mental illnesses were afforded little real choice in treatment, housing and other social supports. Conditioning access to housing in this manner is coercive and at odds with current thinking regarding treatment, as well as legal principles that shape the environment in which treatment is provided. This article summarizes the reasons why housing for people with mental illnesses should be provided free of the use of coercion.
许多针对患有精神疾病者的住房项目依赖于一些模式，这些模式要求患者坚持接受治疗，以此作为持续获得住房的条件。这些将住房与治疗“捆绑”在一起的模式是过去的遗留物，在过去，患有精神疾病的人在治疗、住房及其他社会支持方面几乎没有真正的选择权。以这种方式限制住房获得是强制性的，与当前关于治疗的理念相悖，也与塑造治疗环境的法律原则不符。本文总结了为何应为患有精神疾病者提供住房且不使用强制手段的原因。
