措そ置ち入にゅう院いん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

involuntary admission; involuntary commitment

Legal term under Japan's Mental Health and Welfare Act for hospitalizing a person with a mental disorder without consent when they pose a risk of harming themselves or others.

• 措そ置ち入にゅう院いんは、精せい神しん保ほ健けん福ふく祉し法ほうに基もとづいて行おこなわれる。

  Involuntary admission is carried out under the Mental Health and Welfare Act.

• 彼かれは自じ傷しょう他た害がいのおそれがあると判はん断だんされ、措そ置ち入にゅう院いんとなった。

  He was judged to be at risk of harming himself or others and was involuntarily committed.