Walton Matthew T, Hall Martin T
a University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work , Louisville , Kentucky , USA.
Soc Work Public Health. 2017;32(6):382-393. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2017.1327388. Epub 2017 Jun 15.
Although each state in the United States legally authorizes involuntary civil commitment on the grounds of severe mental illness, a considerable number do not have comparable laws to mandate drug addiction treatment. This discrepancy is due, in part, to differing ethical positions regarding whether a substance use disorder diagnosis provides sufficient justification to suspend individual liberty rights. This article chronicles some of the legal and ethical thinking on the subject and applies them to a social work-specific context.
尽管美国每个州都在法律上授权基于严重精神疾病进行非自愿民事住院治疗，但相当多的州没有类似的法律来强制进行药物成瘾治疗。这种差异部分归因于对于物质使用障碍诊断是否足以成为暂停个人自由权利的正当理由存在不同的伦理立场。本文记录了关于该主题的一些法律和伦理思考，并将它们应用于社会工作特定背景中。
