Hasle N J
Psykiatrisk afdeling Y., Amtssygehuset i Herlev.
Ugeskr Laeger. 1994 Dec 5;156(49):7368-72.
Forensic psychiatric patients who are submitted to a special measure, are according to the new mental health act allowed to complain of certain coercive measures. In contrast to other psychiatric patients forensic patients are not allotted a patient counsellor. Instead these patients must use an appointed guardian if they need assistance in complaining. The forensic files of 51 patients have been reviewed with a focus on the presence of appointed guardians and previous remand prison. In spite of the requirements of the penal code, only two-thirds of the patients had an appointed guardian on the day of registration. Only one third of the patients were allotted an appointed guardian in connection with pronouncement of sentence. More extensive investigations of this problem would be desirable. As the appointed guardian and the patient counsellor are not identically qualified, the forensic psychiatric patient receives inferior assistance if he wishes to complain. The new section in the penal code dealing with appointed guardians will to some extent change this state of things.
根据新的精神健康法案，被采取特殊措施的法医精神病患者有权对某些强制措施提出申诉。与其他精神病患者不同，法医精神病患者没有被分配患者顾问。相反，如果这些患者在申诉时需要帮助，他们必须使用指定的监护人。对51名患者的法医档案进行了审查，重点关注指定监护人的存在情况和以前的还押监狱。尽管有刑法的要求，但只有三分之二的患者在登记当天有指定监护人。只有三分之一的患者在宣判时被分配了指定监护人。对这个问题进行更广泛的调查是可取的。由于指定监护人和患者顾问的资质不同，如果法医精神病患者希望申诉，他得到的帮助会较差。刑法中关于指定监护人的新条款将在一定程度上改变这种状况。
