韓國法觀點：精神疾患者非自願性住院制度【全球瞭望】 試閱
Involuntary Psychiatric Admission for Mentally Disordered in Korea: A Legal Perspective
在快速變遷的全球化時代，精神疾病僅次於心臟病、癌症，是人類第三大疾病。而近年來，臺灣接連發生的精神疾患無差別殺人和傷人事件也引起社會各界的重視與擔憂，針對精神疾患者強制住院的適用和範圍，也成為目前修法爭論不休的議題。如何在保障人權的趨勢下，同時兼顧精神疾患者自身和其他人的健康與安全，成為當前重要議題。法律不該把精神疾患犯罪者，對於社會可能危害的預防責任全部轉嫁於醫療機構，將其強制隔離於社會之外，亦不是長久的解決之道。目前臺灣在監護處分與強制住院制度過於單一的情況之下，我們應該參考韓國多元化的立法制度讓精神疾患者早期接受適當的治療、防止疾病慢性化，使其能迅速回歸社會才是實現人權和社會安全均衡的修法方向。
In an era of rapid global changes, mental disorder has become the third most common disease in the world after heart disease and cancer. The successive incidents of indiscriminate killing and wounding of people by mentally disordered in Taiwan have aroused the attention and concern of all sectors of the society. The application and scope of compulsory psychiatric admission have also become an endless debate on the amendment of the law, and how to protect the health and safety of the mentally disordered and other citizens while protecting human rights also has become an important issue. Legal professions should not shift all the responsibility of preventing possible social hazards to the medical professions, forced isolation of the mentally disordered from society is not a long-term solution. In Taiwan, the current system of Custody and Protection and Compulsory Psychiatric Admission are too monolithic. We should refer to South Korea’s diversified legislative system to allow people with the mentally disordered to receive appropriate treatment at an early stage, prevent chronicity of the illness, and enable them to return to society quickly.
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