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There is a striking lack of robust evidence that demonstrates the clinical benefits to forced treatment and confinement. Instead, research points to significant adverse effects, raising serious ethical concerns. (Adham Ragab/Unsplash)

Coercion isn’t care, and new laws that enforce treatment and confinement are dangerous

Jean-Laurent Domingue, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Axel Ounis, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Emmanuelle Bernheim, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Arguing that confining and treating people against their will is ‘compassionate’ greatly expands the role of policing in medical matters, often with few limits.

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