Experts slam use of drugs to ‘contain’ mentally ill
Chairman of the Mental Health Lawyers Association, Mark Felton, who represents people involuntarily admitted to psychiatric hospitals, said there is no low-security forensic unit in the country to deal with people in need of specialised care.
Because of this, Mr Felton said, people with a mental illness are languishing in psychiatric units around the country with no therapeutic interventions or options available for moving them on. Many are being involuntarily detained.
