Seclusion and forced treatment: how to deal with it from a human rights perspective?

Constantin (Stijn) Jannes This keynote presentation is dealing with three themes: (1) Legal background of mental health provisions; (2) Interventions against the will of patients with mental illness; and (3) Public and private mental health care. It will deal with some difficult aspects of ethics and legislation such as seclusion or forced treatment from the human rights perspective. In part one, facts and information will be given on the seclusion and restraint practices in some EU countries and how those countries deal with the ethical aspects. Practices of compulsory or forced treatment through examples from…