Wednesday, May 6, 2020

An Argument Against Involuntary Hospitalization - 1414 Words

What is a mental illness? Mental illnesses are disturbed thoughts, feelings, and moods that affect people’s daily functioning. Being hospitalized for having a mental illness is categorized as voluntary or involuntary where voluntary hospitalization is agreeing to be admitted to the hospital for treatment; while involuntary hospitalization is against a person’s will when he or she is harmful to him or her-self or others (NAMI). The issue with involuntary hospitalization is that is it permissible to admit someone to the hospital against his or her will. For instance, in a suicide case, those who agree to involuntary hospitalization would argue that it is a â€Å"way to uphold the right to self-determination† and an action to prevent other†¦show more content†¦In order for an action to be right in act utilitarianism, one must maximize the pleasures and pain as well as happiness of self and others. While in rule utilitarianism, an act is right if and only if it conforms to a set of rules and everyone would maximize the overall utility. In the case of a patient who is mentally ill, rule utilitarianism best describe why hospitalizing the patient against his or her will should be allowed. Before admitting the patient, he or she must meet a set of criteria that the state created. For California, some criteria include refusal of receiving treatment when advised by the doctor, ideations of harming self or others and being mentally incompetent (Involuntary). Through observations from personal clinical experiences, many patients who were admitted fitted these criteria as some are harm risk, while others were mentally incompetent. In addition, everyone would maximize the overall utility as it allows mentally ill patients to get the treatment they need to live as well as prevent harm to themselves and others as this creates maximum utility for everyone. If calculated, there would be more pleasures of feeling better and safe than pain of possible restrains or taking medications. For instance, for a suicidal patient, he or she

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