THE SOCIAL-WORKER AS PARTICIPANT IN THE J URIDICAL PROCEDURE OF COMMITTING A PERSON TO A PSYCHIATRIC-HOSPITAL

Authors
SCHRODER S STRAUB R STOLZ K FRICK E
Citation
S. Schroder et al., THE SOCIAL-WORKER AS PARTICIPANT IN THE J URIDICAL PROCEDURE OF COMMITTING A PERSON TO A PSYCHIATRIC-HOSPITAL, Psychiatrische Praxis, 20(5), 1993, pp. 188-190
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Psychiatrische Praxis → ACNP
ISSN journal
03034259
Volume
20
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
188 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-4259(1993)20:5<188:TSAPIT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Regular inclusion of a social worker alongside the expertising physici an whenever a judge has to decide on committing a person to a psychiat ric hospital, is known in German legal practice as ''Stuttgart model'' . Our experiences with this procedure are discussed on an interdiscipl inary level. In our opinion this model agrees with the spirit of the n ew German law governing guardianship and care.