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Law & Psychiatry: The Evolution of Laws Regulating Psychiatric Commitment in France

Raphaël Gourevitch, M.D., Ph.D., Clara Brichant-Petitjean, M.D., Marc-Antoine Crocq, M.D., and François Petitjean, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 64, Number 7
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300174
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This column reviews the evolution of French laws governing psychiatric commitment, culminating in the July 2011 Act, which was opposed by most professional organizations. The 2011 Act has maintained the two traditional French approaches to involuntary treatment: at the request of a third person and upon a decision by a prefect representing the government. However, the 2011 Act introduced major innovations into French practices: systematic review by a judge, a 72-hour observation period, and the possibility of compulsory community treatment.

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Cover: The Artists' Parents in the Store, by Sidney Goodman, 1973–1975. Oil on canvas, 58½ × 77 inches. Collection of the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.

Psychiatric Services
Volume 64 • Number 7 • July 2013
Pages: 609 - 612
PubMed: 23821167

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Published in print: July 2013
Published online: 15 October 2014

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Raphaël Gourevitch, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Gourevitch is affiliated with Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Service Hospitalo Universitaire, 1, rue Cabanis, F-75014 Paris, France (e-mail: [email protected]). He is also with the Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris. Dr. Brichant-Petitjean is with Espace Murger, Centre de Soins d'Accompagnement et de Prévention en Addictologie, Hôpital Fernand Widal, Paris. Dr. Crocq is with Centre Hospitalier, Rouffach, France. Dr. Petitjean is with Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Interdépartemental, Ainay le Château, France. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, May 5–9, 2012. Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., is editor of this column.
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Clara Brichant-Petitjean, M.D.
Dr. Gourevitch is affiliated with Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Service Hospitalo Universitaire, 1, rue Cabanis, F-75014 Paris, France (e-mail: [email protected]). He is also with the Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris. Dr. Brichant-Petitjean is with Espace Murger, Centre de Soins d'Accompagnement et de Prévention en Addictologie, Hôpital Fernand Widal, Paris. Dr. Crocq is with Centre Hospitalier, Rouffach, France. Dr. Petitjean is with Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Interdépartemental, Ainay le Château, France. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, May 5–9, 2012. Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., is editor of this column.
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Marc-Antoine Crocq, M.D.
Dr. Gourevitch is affiliated with Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Service Hospitalo Universitaire, 1, rue Cabanis, F-75014 Paris, France (e-mail: [email protected]). He is also with the Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris. Dr. Brichant-Petitjean is with Espace Murger, Centre de Soins d'Accompagnement et de Prévention en Addictologie, Hôpital Fernand Widal, Paris. Dr. Crocq is with Centre Hospitalier, Rouffach, France. Dr. Petitjean is with Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Interdépartemental, Ainay le Château, France. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, May 5–9, 2012. Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., is editor of this column.
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François Petitjean, M.D.
Dr. Gourevitch is affiliated with Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Service Hospitalo Universitaire, 1, rue Cabanis, F-75014 Paris, France (e-mail: [email protected]). He is also with the Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris. Dr. Brichant-Petitjean is with Espace Murger, Centre de Soins d'Accompagnement et de Prévention en Addictologie, Hôpital Fernand Widal, Paris. Dr. Crocq is with Centre Hospitalier, Rouffach, France. Dr. Petitjean is with Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Interdépartemental, Ainay le Château, France. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, May 5–9, 2012. Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., is editor of this column.
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