Giorgos Mazonakis’ adventure with his involuntary incarceration in Dromokaitio on August 15, at the request of his family, moved the public, which stood by the singer. Today, George Mazonakis filed a lawsuit against his relatives, demanding that they be punished.

In his statements, the popular singer announced that he will deal with involuntary hospitalization, “which is something that is not properly applied in Greece”.

“Too many people have been mentioned to me, how I can help the situation not to close people without reason and without their will,” he said.

But what does the term “inadvertent hospital” mean?

Inadvertent hospitalization is the introduction and stay of a person into an appropriate psychiatric unit, without his consent, when suffering from a mental disorder that makes his judgment disturbed, with the primary focus of protecting both the individual and the community himself.

Involuntary hospitalization is imposed only by court order and constitutes the last means to provide psychiatric carehaving previously excluded the possibility of treatment in the community. The assistance of the preceding paragraph is substantiated by two reasoned psychiatric opinions.

Inadvertent hospitalization: How and when applied

This institution is regulated by law (mainly Law 2071/1992 and Civil Code) and is legal, but often a controversial restriction of personal freedom.

According to the Ministry of Health, a person to be inadvertently hospitalized is required to be cumulative:

a. the patient to suffer from mental disorder
b. to substantiate a serious disorder of the control of reality and therefore not be able to judge in the interest of his health,
C. The patient should not be able to perceive the distinction between treatment in the community, upon prosecution and unintentional hospitalization,
d. It is estimated that its lack of treatment will result in deteriorating health.

Its application must be done with sparinglythought and sensitivity, with Necessary judicial review and respect for the patient’s personality.

In case of doubt For the conditions, the choice in favor of person’s freedom (In Dubio Pro Libertate) must prevail.

Duration and control

The duration of unintentional psychiatric care cannot exceed their cumulative four months.

It may also expire before this period, if the treating physicians decide that the reasons for which it was imposed.

Conditions of involuntary psychiatric care

1. In any case and Throughout psychiatric care, there must be respect for the patient’s personality and take into account the internationally recognized rules of human rights protection. No individual act should offend the dignity of the person or violate the principle of proportionality.

2. The patient’s earlier expressed wishes regarding medical intervention will be taken into accountin order for a patient who, at the critical time, is not able to express or redefine them. These desires are drawn up by a notarial deed or a private document of a certain date, have an unlimited period of validity, and can be freely revoked by the patient himself and are notified to the treating physician by the patient himself or third during the unintentional psychiatric care.

3. Conditions of unintentional psychiatric care must serve the needs of treatment. The treatment of the individual is personalized and includes proper therapeutic acts in the administration of appropriate medication and their mental state and mental state psychosocial interventions.

4. Restrictive measures of patient movement are prohibited. In exceptional cases – and if deemed necessary for the protection of the patient or others by imminent or manifested hetero -destructive or self -destructive behavior – restrictive measures may be imposed such as isolation and physical fixation by decision of the treating or on -call special psychiatrist, with the agreement of the scientific director of the unit and after preceding and failing techniques of de -escalating violent behavior.

They are implemented in accordance with the psychiatric guidelines and guidelines of the European Commission to prevent torture and inhuman or humiliating treatment or punishment (CPT) and the Special Committee for the Protection of Rights of People with Mental Disorders.

5. In unintentional hospitalization, It is not excluded that the application is necessary to treat measures such as licenses, organized exits, outdoor stays. The scientific director of the Mental Health Unit where the patient is hospitalized, following a recommendation by the treating psychiatrist or even the interdisciplinary therapeutic group, decides.

Specifically for the granting of a license, the patient is obliged to declare his exact residence address and the social service examines whether he is secured during the leave. The license may also depend on the condition that on his exit from the hospital department and his return he will be accompanied by a relative or his judicial supporter. In the event of a breach of the license or fleeing or revocation, the police and the competent prosecutor shall be informed immediately for reasons related to the health or safety of the patient. The patient does not impose criminal penalties for any reason, since he is not considered a prisoner in accordance with the concept of Articles 172 and 173 CC, nor is he considered to violate residence restrictions under Article 182 CC.

6. In the context of the application of the preceding paragraph, all psychiatric units, in addition to the files and books provided in accordance with the provisions in force, adhere to Log book of restrictive measures imposed and submit, in accordance with Annex D that is annexed to this, monthly and annual information on the frequency of implementation of strict restrictions of unintentional patients, to the Office of the Protection of Rights of Health Services and to the Hospital Commander, and with its responsibility:
a) At the Department of Mental Health of the Ministry of Health and the Minister of Health,
(b) to the rights committees of article 2 of Law 2716/1999 (A ’96) and Article 7 of Law 4461/2017 (A38), which carry out the inspection of the application of this Law and the detection of abusive practices, and on the other hand in submitting reports on the application of the law,
(c) to the Ombudsman, who publishes an annual report on the evaluation of the application of the law.
Cases of abusive practices regarding patient restriction measures are referred to the competent Public Prosecutor’s Office under the responsibility of hospital administrators.

7. Issues related to the conditions of hospitalization and are not regulated by the present, are addressed under the Code of Medicine, the Code of Nursing Ethics, as well as the Greek and International Psychiatric Care Protocols.