It's Time to Mandate Treatment of the Dangerously Mentally Ill

Re:It's Time to Mandate Treatment of the Dangerously Mentall... by DoughnutHole on Thursday October 06, 2022 @12:48PM (#33110694)

Agreed, it's basically the same argument as against the death penalty. Can't exonerate yourself if you're dead, can't be found mentally sound if you've been effectively lobotomized.

Obviously psychiatry has come a long way since lobotomy, but it doesn't have a great history when it comes to treating unwilling patients.

If a mentally unwell person is a demonstrated threat (ie commits crimes and harms/endangers people) the state already has the power to lock them up. In my view letting the state forcibly alter their brain and mind against their will is a bridge too far.

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Re:It's Time to Mandate Treatment of the Dangerously Mentall... by denton-scratch on Thursday October 06, 2022 @02:28PM (#33112073)

> In my view letting the state forcibly alter their brain and mind against their will is a bridge too far.

I don't share your view. It's quite clear to me that there are circumstances when a mentally-ill person benefits enormously from compulsory treatment (provided they are released; a system that rewards clinics financially for continuing to detain patients that are fit for release is a special kind of madness).

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