(human rights; significant)
RECOGNISING the wide range of individual behaviour and personality,
NOTING that significant variations in behaviour or personality are often classed as psychological conditions, and
BELIEVING that so long as an individual does not cause danger, they should be permitted to remain themselves, even if they do not fall within the norm,
The World Assembly
BANS any involuntary psychological treatment except as provided herein,
CONSIDERS, for purposes of this Act, involuntary treatment as any that is not assented to by the recipient,
MANDATES that only those persons who, due to mental condition, are an immediate physical danger to themselves or others, or are incompetent to the level of inability to perform or request performance of basic physiological needs, may be involuntarily subject to psychological treatment, and only for the mental condition causing such a state,
FORBIDS beliefs, opinions, thoughts, expression, & omne hoc iazensis being considered dangerous,
REQUIRES that any person presented to a psychological treatment facility for involuntary treatment receive a preliminary examination by a qualified mental health professional as immediately as possible, and that staffing levels must be kept adequately high as to ensure that this may be complied with in a manner reasonable from an impartial standpoint,
PERMITS a person whose preliminary examination indicates that they may have a psychological condition that causes immediate physical danger to themself or others to be kept in custody of the facility for the minimum time medically sufficient to determine psychological status,
ALLOWS a person who is determined, by a qualified mental health professional, to be a physical danger to themself or others due to a psychological condition to be involuntarily subject to an appropriate treatment plan developed by one or more qualified mental health professionals, with input from the person being treated, where deemed possible by the mental health professional,
ORDERS that any person not deemed a physical danger to themself or others due to mental condition after the minimum time medically sufficient to do so be immediately permitted to leave the facility without being subject to any involuntary treatment,
DEMANDS that any person presented by the State or one of its subdivisions to a psychological treatment facility for involuntary treatment have any treatment received at that facility, whether voluntary or involuntary, paid for by that State or its subdivision, without recourse to the General Fund, unless doing so would cause undue hardship from an impartial standpoint, and
CLARIFIES that this Act shall not be construed as prohibiting member States from further restricting or entirely banning involuntary psychological treatment within their borders, whether unilaterally, by multilateral treaty, or further legislation by this Assembly, and that "assent" may be provided by an individual who is generally considered incompetent, but only after a fully truthful attempt to inform the individual what they are assenting to, and free of any form of coercion or induced impairment.
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Related legislation: Institutional Psychiatry Act (res. 140)
although i would like it to be more liberalised, the last part of the act gives me the freedom to govern the country as i like. I did not find the "persons who are a physical danger to others or themselves" as being an excuse to lock persons up, So i would prefer that that be reworded that it is only in circumstances where they have a criminal history and have caused physical harm. As well as the "Themselves" part. i would like Mentally ill persons to feel free to harm themselves as much as they like. More suitable would be to have this reworded as that if they are found by a qualified Psychiatrist or Psychologist (Yes, i do not want either one to take over the job) to be a possible danger to others that they can have a tab put on them, such as binding machines to them that if they go out of certain areas get electrocuted. i would have them only until they actually cause harm be made to stay on their property, and at work by electrocution, And that all member states also have to provide a way of them going shopping or visiting friends, either by escort, temporarily changing the machine up if they book to go to certain areas, and as for shopping they can be forced to do it online (under the terms that they only use the net for online shopping, and that they pay all the delivery costs and other costs of going online rather than physically buying it). if they do not cause any physical harm within 2 years of being monitored, they should be considered sane, or if they still beleive that there was some danger or they tried to get outside of their area too much they can be resent to a psychologist or psychiatrist. any person that doesnt cause any harm in the next 2 years cannot be resent until they actually do any harm. once any person has done any harm and is considered mentally ill, it is up to the state what to do with them although they must at least be given the non mental criminal charge for the physical harm.