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cord-273200-hoqpkdqo	Gold, Azgad	COVID-19 and involuntary hospitalisation: navigating the challenge	2020-06-18		.txt	text/plain	1050	69	42	Thus, the following question arises: under what conditions does non-compliance with COVID-19-related rules justify psychiatric involuntary hospitalisation, and when might this extraordinary legal option be exploited in the service of public health? Moreover, the absence of data pertaining to the contagion risk of an individual in a specific situation makes it even harder to determine whether the evidence of dangerousness is clear and convincing, as required by minimum legal criteria for psychiatric involuntary commitment. Nevertheless, even in a high-risk situation, such as a patient with a psychiatric disorder who is infected with SARS-CoV-2, a psychiatric involuntary commitment might not be the most appropriate solution, especially in circumstances in which the patient is referred to a non-COVID-19 specialised psychiatric ward. Thus, COVID-19-related exacerbation might justify an involuntary hospitalisation even in situations in which the patient is neither suffering from COVID-19 nor requires isolation.	./cache/cord-273200-hoqpkdqo.txt	./txt/cord-273200-hoqpkdqo.txt