Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; and Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry at St George's, University of London, UK.
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Chair in Mental Health Law, University of Nottingham, UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2020 Jun;216(6):296-300. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.182.
Many psychiatrists in the UK may be surprised to find that the Government ratified a convention ten years ago that suggests compulsory mental health treatment be prohibited. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is arguably the most important legal instrument that no one in psychiatry ever discusses, but if moved from ratification to enforcement it would have enormous effect on day-to-day practice. Here, Dr Paul Gosney argues that the convention if enforced would be damaging for the people it aims to protect, whereas Professor Peter Bartlett defends it as a necessary challenge to the inequalities in our current system.
许多英国精神病医生可能会惊讶地发现，政府十年前批准了一项公约，该公约建议禁止强制性的精神健康治疗。《残疾人权利公约》可以说是精神病学界从未讨论过的最重要的法律文书，但如果从批准变为执行，它将对日常实践产生巨大影响。在这里，Paul Gosney 博士认为，如果该公约得到执行，将对其旨在保护的人造成损害，而 Peter Bartlett 教授则认为这是对我们当前制度中不平等现象的必要挑战。
