ABSTRACT
On the basis of their experience as psychiatrists, and observations of Mental Health Act influence on mutual relationships between psychiatrists, their patients and patients family members, the authors analyze situations in which strict, appliance of the law may be harmful, or, for other reasons, ethically doubtful. They suggest that the Mental Health Act is too meticulous in regulating the procedures regarding mentally disturbed persons. According to the law indications, motives for treatment without consent are more often social or behavioral rather than strictly medical. It limits the ability to help a lot of people who really require psychiatric care. Authors indirectly suggest that it is impossible to replace ethics and doctors' conscience by the law.
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Mental Health Services/legislation & jurisprudence , Physician-Patient Relations , Ethics, Medical , Humans , Informed Consent/legislation & jurisprudence , Mental Disorders/therapy , PolandSubject(s)
Alcoholism/etiology , Social Conditions , Alcoholism/prevention & control , Humans , Poland , Political SystemsSubject(s)
Atropine/administration & dosage , Coma/chemically induced , Heroin Dependence/therapy , Adult , Female , HumansSubject(s)
Alcoholism/diagnosis , Adult , Alcoholism/psychology , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Male , Michigan , Middle Aged , Personality Inventory , Poland , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Studies of higher feelings in schizophrenic patients by means of the semantic differential technique were carried out on two groups of patients (1 male and 1 female) with two analogous groups of healthy persons serving as controls. It was found that the way in which the patients revealed their feelings - spontaneity, authenticity and perception of reality - is undoubtedly changed as a result of the disease.
