McCormick W O
Can Med Assoc J. 1981 Mar 15;124(6):715-7.
The Ontario Mental Health Act, as amended in November 1978, provides strictly defined criteria for involuntary commitment for psychiatric assessment; the assessment can last up to 5 days. These criteria fail to cover a number of patients who are, in the author's opinion, in need of compulsory assessment or treatment. Four cases in which there was serious difficulty in giving proper care are described in this paper. The difficulties are discussed and improvements in the criteria for involuntary assessment recommended.
1978年11月修订的《安大略省精神健康法》为非自愿住院进行精神科评估规定了严格定义的标准；评估最长可持续5天。这些标准未能涵盖一些在作者看来需要强制评估或治疗的患者。本文描述了四例在提供适当护理方面存在严重困难的病例。对这些困难进行了讨论，并建议改进非自愿评估的标准。
