State law for mentally ill people
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | State law for mentally ill people |
| Abbreviation: | PsychKG |
| Type: | State Law |
| Scope: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Legal matter: | Care law |
| Issued on: | November 17, 1995 (GVBl. 1995, 473) |
| Entry into force on: | January 1, 1996 |
| Last change by: | Art. 1 G of May 27, 2014 (GVBl. P. 69) |
| Weblink: | Text of the law |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The state law for mentally ill persons , PsychKG for short , is a state law in Rhineland-Palatinate .
It regulates the assistance and protection measures for mentally ill persons, including custodial accommodation . Mentally ill within the meaning of this law are people who suffer from a psychosis , from a mental disorder that has the same effect as a psychosis, or from a dependency on addictive substances associated with a loss of self-control.
The 1995 revision is seen as an important change for psychiatry in the country.
On 23 March 2011, the decision Constitutional Court , the constitutional complaint of a 59-year-old who under the Maßregelvollzugs in Rheinland-Pfalz in a closed psychiatric ward of Klingenmunster Pfalzklinikum was imprisoned, and against a compulsory treatment (2 Az. BvR 882/09) struggled. Due to paranoid psychosis , he tried to kill his wife and daughter. He declined treatment with psychiatric drugs because of the side effects . The clinic's doctors wanted to force him to inject the drug if necessary. The Federal Constitutional Court agreed with the plaintiff. The Ministry of Health in Rhineland-Palatinate then announced a revision of the law.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz-Josef Wagner: What did the Rhineland-Palatinate Enquete bring? In: Psychiatric Care Today , Volume 10, 2004, No. 4
- ^ NN: More rights for mentally ill offenders. In: Handelsblatt , April 15, 2011
- ↑ Federal Constitutional Court, decision of March 23, 2011, Az. 2 BvR 882/09
