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Yes, obviously, I have seen a number of mentally ill children, all their treatment was forced as mentally ill children are not competent to make their own medic
by faeriechangling 4y ago
Yes, obviously, I have seen a number of mentally ill children, all their treatment was forced as mentally ill children are not competent to make their own medical decisions. There is a huge body of ethics and law on the issue of forcing treatment upon others.
As to this specific case, the forced treatment of homeless people with mental health problems, from what I've heard on the people with boots on the ground a lot of people have severe brain damage from things like fentanyl overdoses who simply can't take care of themselves, and I've heard tons of people who have been disturbed by people with mental health problems disrupting public order as people go about their day to day lives. How much should one value freedom, how much should one value order, and how much should one be a consequentialist? How cost-effective is forced treatment anyways?