Compulsory drug detention centres: time to question their continued use?

The ethics of research in compulsory drug detention centres in Asia

Received 12 November 2012; Accepted 12 November 2012; Published 5 December 2012 Copyright: – 2012 Pearshouse R and JJ Amon; licensee International AIDS Society. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provi...

Detention Centres—The First Phase

Compulsory psychiatric detention and treatment in Finland

Despite efforts to integrate and harmonise legislation across the member states of the European Union (EU), mental health legislation, including legislation for the detention and treatment of offenders with mental disorders, differs widely across Europe.With changes to the Mental Health Act 1983 in the UK currently underway, investigating the different approaches to compulsory psychiatric care ...

Compulsory psychiatric detention and treatment in Finland

Despite efforts to integrate and harmonise legislation across the member states of the European Union (EU), mental health legislation, including legislation for the detention and treatment of offenders with mental disorders, differs widely across Europe.With changes to the Mental Health Act 1983 in the UK currently underway, investigating the different approaches to compulsory psychiatric care ...

Compulsory drug detention centers in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos: health and human rights abuses.

BACKGROUND According to official accounts, in 2012 more than 235,000 people were detained in over 1,000 compulsory drug detention centers in East and Southeast Asia. METHODS Between July 2007 and May 2013, in-depth interviews were conducted with 195 individuals recently released from drug detention centers in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. RESULTS Individuals reported being held for up...