Risk management or improving the life for the patient? Court rulings concerning compulsory community care in Sweden

Background/Objectives: The presentation discusses an ongoing project regarding compulsory community care (CCC) in Sweden. CCC was introduced in 2008 following a series of incidents of assault involving people with mental illness that were widely reported in mass media. The stated purpose of CCC, however, is to facilitate the transfer of inpatients to community care. Decisions about CCC are made by an administrative court after application by the treating psychiatrist. The court also has decision power over the special provisions that patients on CCC are subjected to. Throughout the world, CCC has been controvers…