CCHR Encourages Italy to Complete Full Mental Health Reform After Court Ruling on Forced Treatment
KINGNEWSWIRE / PRESS RELEASE / ROME — In what has been widely reported as a landmark decision, Italy’s Constitutional Court struck down portions of the nation’s decades-old psychiatric treatment laws in May 2025, declaring unconstitutional Article 35 of Law 833/1978. The ruling affects procedures for Trattamento Sanitario Obbligatorio (TSO), the legal framework governing compulsory psychiatric hospitalization. While many […]
