Abstract This paper presents an in-depth interview study with individuals who are at the same time patients in forensic psychiatric services, and parties in recurring mental health law proceedings (MHLPs). While previous studies have highlighted issues with the rule of law that can arise when MHLPs prioritize concern for the mental health of the patient over the stringent test of the legal rights of the party, this paper seeks to bring to the fore the potential pitfalls it presents in terms of distress to patients. Drawing on qualitative interview analyses, we untangle the apparent paradox of MHLPs being described in the literature as both guided by concern for patients’/parties’ mental well-being and as distressing. We tentatively raise the question of whether MHLPs might risk being distressing to the patient/party, not despite of but in part because of court actors’ efforts to the contrary.

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在心理健康法诉讼中应用治疗逻辑的潜在陷阱

摘要本文对同时在法医精神科服务的患者以及在反复进行的精神卫生法律诉讼（MHLP）中的当事人进行了深入的访谈研究。尽管先前的研究强调了MHLP将患者的心理健康放在优先于对当事人合法权利的严格检验之上时可能会出现的法治问题，但本文力图将其呈现出来的潜在隐患脱颖而出对病人的困扰 借助定性访谈分析，我们消除了文献中描述的MHLP的明显悖论，这既是出于对患者/患者心理健康的关注，又是令人痛苦的。我们暂时提出一个问题，即MHLP是否可能会给患者/患者带来困扰，