Mental Health & The Law

Psychiatry claims to be a branch of medicine, yet much of its operate pertains legal issues and the law. By arbitrary incarcerating people, and treating them against their wills, as well as by its interventions in court cases for the insanity defence, psychiatry brings up many issues which regard human and civil rights.

In this section we gathered articles and links to investigate the legal aspects of psychiatry.

• Psychiatry & Drug Companies: Law Suits

• Psychiatry & Human Rights

International Campaign Against
Torture in Italian Psychiatric Prison Facilities

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