Peculiarities of Legal Regulation of Involuntary Hospitalization of People with Mental Disorders

Valdas Benkunskas Abstract The article analyzes peculiarities of legal regulation of involuntary hospitalization of people with mental disorders in the context of Lithuania and other states. The analysis is based on jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and, especially, the criteria of legal involuntary hospitalization framed in the case Winterwerp v. Netherlands in…

Systematic Review of Psychological Counselling on the Internet‘ Project, Conducted at the Republican Vilnius Psychiatric Hospital

Sonata Marčėnienė, Violeta Dapšienė, Valentinas Mačiulis, Janina Utkuvienė Abstract The article covers intermediate results of a continued project (December 2010 – August 2011), conducted by the specialists of the Republican Vilnius Psychiatric Hospital, titled ‘Psychological Counselling on the Internet’ (detailing the possibilityfor anyone to seek psychological advice via this new technology); the aim of the…