Hospitalization as experienced by the psychiatric patient: a therapeutic jurisprudence perspective

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Acesso em: 10 nov. 2009.

The purpose of this article is to investigate the subjective experience of hospitalized
psychiatric patients regarding the troublesome aspects of psychiatric hospitalization. Our
discussion envisions a decision maker working under legal mandate pertaining to his
discretion concerning hospitalization and aiming to promote the psychological well-being
of the hospitalized individual.
Therapeutic jurisprudence, as a perspective on the law in general and mental health law in
particular and as an academic movement, has sought for the past 25 years to promote the
psychological well-being of the individual through both substantive legal norms and legal
procedures.1 It has also been criticized for not explicitly incorporating the perspectives of
both voluntary and involuntary consumers of the mental health system.