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Past, Present, and Future of Involuntary Admission in Georgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

E. Chkonia
E. Chkonia*
Affiliation:
Tbilisi State Medical University, Psychiatry, Tbilisi, Georgia

Abstract

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Since gaining independence in 1991, Georgia has struggled to transform the old-Soviet mental health care structure into a humane system to meet basic human rights standards.

The current version of the mental health law was introduced in 2007, which instituted the new practice that required court decisions for involuntary hospitalization and several practical procedures.

The Public Defender’s Office (Special reports, 2019-2021) revealed gaps and contradictions within the law that lead to human rights violations and malpractices in involuntary hospitalization.

Currently, the group of Georgian experts with international support from Expertise France- French Development Agency, at the request of the Ministry, are working on the new version of the mental health law, which will be in line with international requirements and standards.

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Keywords

Involuntary admissionmental health lawhuman rightsmental health legislation
Type
Mental Health Policy
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S38
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