VI. Monitoring detention places by means of visits A. Psychiatric Hospitals, Units for Psychiatric Treatment and Safety Measures Psychiatric institutions are detention places falling under the scope of torture prevention bodies created within OPCAT. The situation of persons deprived from freedom in psychiatric institutions and the fact that they face a high risk of abuse, which may represent torture or other forms of ill-treatment, has been highly emphasized on an international level in the last decade; the adoption of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities was an incentive to better understand and get acquainted with the risk factors faced by persons in psychiatric institutions. Monitoring bodies play a key role since, based on international treaties (OPCAT or the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture), public authorities have the obligation to ensure free access to detention places. Mental health issues currently have a high frequency in Romania; thus, it is estimated that, in 2020, psychological disorders will occupy the first place in terms of morbidity, before cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The insufficient number of psychiatric centres and the low training of professionals on rehabilitation and social inclusion entail direct or indirect consequences in terms of professionals, persons with disabilities, families and communities, as well as society as a whole. As a member of the European Union, Romania has the obligation to improve the situation of persons with psychological disorders and promote social inclusion, which is shown by the ratification of international instruments regulating human rights and by drawing up strategies such as: The Joint Memorandum on social inclusion, the National Strategy for the development of social services, the National Strategy for the protection, integration and social inclusion of persons with disabilities, the National Strategy for the mental health of children and teenagers 2016-2020. Persons admitted to psychiatric units or to neuropsychiatric recovery and rehabilitation centres are taken care of in the spirit of respect for their human dignity 91