Le juge des libertés et de la détention : un garant juridique et éthique en psychiatrie

In order to protect some patients with mental disorders, which can be dangerous to themselves or others, the environment hospitalizations psychiatric can, under certain conditions, be decided without the person's consent. When those supported under stress are delivered on complete time, the attack on the freedom of coming and going of these patients is total. To verify that these measures represent a real therapeutic need, a law of 15 June 2000 introduced a new protection by the establishment of magistrates, specialized both in prisons and psychiatric detention.