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Particular attention is being directed toward the possible neuropsychiatric sequelae of both COVID-19 and of the stringent societal mitigation steps deployed by national governments, concerns that are informed by historical increases in the incidence of psychotic disorders following influenza pandemics [2]. However, so far there has been scant attention paid to other important areas of psychiatry during COVID-19, including medico-legal aspects and human rights. In this paper, we discuss the legal implications for psychiatry of the COVID-19 pandemic and report a novel situation in which psychiatric patients may experience diminution of their statutory protections. We believe that this represents a paradigm shift in psychiatric care and that the consideration of the fundamental rights of psychiatric patients as \u201cless important\u201d than infection control measures compel mental health professionals to \u201cadvocate for \u2026 patients and their caregivers\u201d in this time of crisis [1].<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1192\/j.eurpsy.2020.58","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,29]],"date-time":"2020-05-29T10:26:38Z","timestamp":1590747998000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the medico-legal and human rights of psychiatric patients"],"prefix":"10.1192","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2814-2153","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Johannes","family":"Thome","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew N.","family":"Coogan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7012-0927","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Frederick","family":"Simon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0327-3269","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matthias","family":"Fischer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8427-5279","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oliver","family":"Tucha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7943-7971","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Frank","family":"Faltraco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Donatella","family":"Marazziti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hermann","family":"Butzer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"170","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0924933820000589_r10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2215-0366(20)30077-8"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.321.7272.1300"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6939-7-12"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.puhe.2008.12.005"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r6","first-page":"735","article-title":"Kein genereller Anh\u00f6rungsverzicht in Betreuungs- und Unterbringungssachen aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie","volume":"67","author":"Beckmann","year":"2020","journal-title":"FamRZ"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r5","first-page":"659","article-title":"Pers\u00f6nliche Anh\u00f6rung des Betroffenen in Betreuungs-, Unterbringungs- und Freiheitsentziehungssachen zu Zeiten der sog","volume":"67","author":"Grotkopp","year":"2020","journal-title":"Corona-Krise FamRZ"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/j.eurpsy.2020.35"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.psychres.2020.112982"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r3","first-page":"251","article-title":"The legal regulation of seclusion and restraint in mental health facilities","volume":"21","author":"McSherry","year":"2013","journal-title":"J Law Med"},{"key":"S0924933820000589_r4","first-page":"U2124","article-title":"The law reform (epidemic preparedness) bill \u2013 a proper response to the pandemic threat?","volume":"119","author":"Gray","year":"2006","journal-title":"NZ Med J"}],"container-title":["European Psychiatry"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0924933820000589","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,8]],"date-time":"2020-06-08T02:42:19Z","timestamp":1591584139000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S0924933820000589\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2020]]},"references-count":10,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020]]}},"alternative-id":["S0924933820000589"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1192\/j.eurpsy.2020.58","relation":{},"ISSN":["0924-9338","1778-3585"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0924-9338","type":"print"},{"value":"1778-3585","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2020]]},"article-number":"e50"}}