Open AccessAdmission of a minor to a psychiatric hospital under Polish law. Part II
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Manowska,
Piotr Gałecki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychiatria polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2391-5854
pISSN - 0033-2674
DOI - 10.12740/pp/127886
Subject(s) - minor (academic) , psychiatry , legal guardian , guardian , tort , law , mental health act , subject matter , informed consent , psychiatric hospital , medicine , mental health , psychology , political science , liability , alternative medicine , pathology , curriculum
The prevalence of mental disorders among minors is steadily increasing in our country as well as in Europe. Contact of a minor with a psychiatric health service, and especially the admission of such a person to a psychiatric hospital as a matter of urgency, however, raises a lot of legal and medical controversy. Urgent admission allows the consent of both the minor and his legal guardian to be bypassed. The article deals with legal issues related to the direct threat to life of minors for psychiatric reasons, and also presents the conditions that must occur for admission without consent not to be subject to legal tort.