Hospitalisés sous contraintes

They are tens of thousands each year staying in psychiatric hospitals against their will. Because they can be a danger to themselves or others, the law has in fact foreseen that these patients could be hospitalized by force, at the request of a relative or a representative of the state. Mental illness is the only one which allows the process of depriving individuals of their liberty in the name of their health. The forced hospitalization is controversial today, facing two contradictory fantasies: are the patients hospitalized wrongly because society fears them? Is there too many "mad men" released?