根據1991 年聯合國通過的「保護病人權益及促進精神健康照護要則」，保障精神疾病患者利用醫療保健服務之權利不會因其疾病而遭受歧視或剝奪是人權法規關注的焦點。然而，針對嚴重精神疾病以及有立即或可能對自我或他人造成傷害者，因其認知判斷能力受損，如不進行治療的話，會嚴重影響其病情惡化時，可令其成為非自願性收容者(Involuntary patient)並進行強制治療。因此，「嚴重精神疾病」以及「傷人與自傷的危險性考量」成為許多國家強制罹患精神疾病患者進行非志願性治療的主要依據。因應台灣在2007 年修訂，2008 年7 月正式施行之精神衛生法相關條文，本文旨於檢視台灣強制治療相關政策，並就人權論述(humanrights discourse)來看精神疾患強制治療政策演變所帶來的反思。

According to Guidelines for the Promotion of Human Rights of Persons with
Mental Disorders, not only freedoms, entitlements or nondiscrimination should be protected, the right to be free from nonconsensual medical treatment is legally required.However, compulsory treatment of psychiatric patients is often seen based on consideration of the dangerousness to oneself or others. Such procedure is considered as
a legal intervention designed to benefit individuals with acute psychiatric disabilities.The purpose of this paper is to review policy development of Taiwan on the use of compulsory psychiatric treatment. Human rights model helps to explain importance of considering rights of psychiatric patients in the framework of mental health policy.