Persons with mental disorder in jails and prisons – legislation and practice in Georgia
العنوان: | Persons with mental disorder in jails and prisons – legislation and practice in Georgia |
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المؤلفون: | E. Zhorzholadze, N. Zavradashvili, M. Eliashvili, Nino Makhashvili |
المصدر: | European Psychiatry. 41:S594-S594 |
بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017. |
سنة النشر: | 2017 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Mental health law, education.field_of_study, Population, Legislation, Mental health, Focus group, Psychiatry and Mental health, Middle Eastern Mental Health Issues & Syndromes, Civil law (legal system), medicine, Justice (ethics), Psychiatry, Psychology, education |
الوصف: | IntroductionStatistics shows that in most countries prevalence of mental health problems are much higher among prisoners than the general population. Country approach to regulating mental health needs of persons with mental disorder who come into contact with justice system depends on variety of cultural or legal traditions, as well as on different concepts and structures of mental health care delivery.ObjectiveThe aim of the survey was to study and assess the established practice of implementation of the legal procedure relating to individuals who commit crime and have mental health problems in Georgia.MethodsQualitative analysis including desk review, in-depth interview and focus group discussion was conducted. Preceding from the research objectives the current legislation with regard of people with the mental disorder has been analyzed; the interviews on the shortcomings and problems of the implementation of the law in practice have been conducted with key informants.ResultsThe study acknowledges that recent changes in Georgian legislation imports much of the civil law standards and processes relating to admission, detention and compulsory treatment of criminal detainees with mental health problems. However, due to the ambiguous, ambivalent and incomplete nature of the aforementioned changes, the penal and administrative courts, as well as the clinicians are facing serious difficulties and confusions in their work.ConclusionsIt is discussed that there is a strong need for closer cooperation between mental health and justice systems to treat mentally disordered persons both in the system and after they are released into the community.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest. |
تدمد: | 1778-3585 0924-9338 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::7e46be060e7320e6f3e5e35a31b58f69 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.913 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........7e46be060e7320e6f3e5e35a31b58f69 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 17783585 09249338 |
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