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6. The legislation does
not develop rules for visits of
patients by their relatives.
7. The
period
and
duration of stay of patients in
the observation ward are not
registered. The patient may
be placed in the observation
ward repeatedly during his or
her stay in the institution.
8. Social
protection
agencies do not develop
individual
rehabilitation
programs for people with
disabilities who are on file
with the psychiatrist.
9. Courts
refuse
to
transfer
to
outpatient
treatment
the
persons
who were previously under
compulsory treatment in
a specialized psychiatric
hospital
with
intensive
supervision.
10. In modern psychiatry,
treatment is not limited
to medications, but is
embedded in the patient’s
life and involves his or her
full resocialization. During
the visit it turned out that the
process of reintegration and
rehabilitation in treatment is
absent. Patients are kept in
hospital for years.
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11. The
psychiatric
hospital is funded on a
“residual basis,” which cannot
but affect the conditions
of patients staying in it, the
respect for other rights and
freedoms. This violates the
principles of equality and
accessibility, on which the
public health policy should
be based.
12. There are no complaint
channels available in practice,
patients do not have access
to paper and pen according
to security measures, the
mailboxes for complaints
are regularly checked by
the
administration,
but
complaints written to higher
authorities are monitored
by the administration, which
gives reason to doubt that
they are being sent.
13. Patients
are
not
sufficiently informed about
their rights, in particular,
about the right to appeal
the diagnosis in the court,
the right for freedom from
torture, personal freedom,
integrity, respect for dignity,
etc.
14. It is necessary to
conduct major reconstruction
of the buildings, to provide
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