Restraint versus treatment: seclusion as discussed in the Boston State Hospital case
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The author presents a critique of aspects of the Boston State Hospital decision that have important implications for the psychiatric use of seclusion and explores related problem areas in the relationship between law and psychiatry.
Abstract
The recent Boston State Hospital case in Massachusetts produced, among other results, a decision that highlights areas of gross conceptual nonalignment between law and psychiatry on the subject of seclusion. The author presents a critique of aspects of the decision that have important implications for the psychiatric use of seclusion and explores related problem areas in the relationship between law and psychiatry.