Posted By: Robin-Ivan Capar 29. December 2020

A total of 45 people were sentenced to compulsory mental health care in 2019. That is an increase of 164% compared to 2009.

The figures were reported by P4 news and taken from Statistics Norway (SSB).

In 2009, a total of 17 people were sentenced to compulsory mental health care. 

Up to and including 2017, there have never been more than 30 people sentenced to this type of punishment in one year.

It is no longer only serious cases of violence or the like that can trigger this type of punishment, but also recurring incidents of a less serious degree.

“This may mean that fewer mentally ill people receive the treatment they need,” Secretary-General Tove Gundersen in the Council for Mental Health noted.

© NTB Scanpix / #Norway Today

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