Hospitalized mentally ill patients voting in Israel

Melamed, Yuval; Nehama, Yael; Elizur, Avner

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“…The total distribution of votes was found to be similar to that of the general population (Melamed et al, 2000). There are many examples where the outcomes of the voting by mentally ill persons are similar to those of the general population (Nash, 2002).…”

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Israeli Psychiatric Inpatients Go to the Polls

Melamed¹,

Doron²,

Finkel³

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Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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In 1996, mobile polls were introduced in Israel, enabling physically and emotionally ill inpatients to vote. We surveyed the rate of participation of inpatients at Lev-Hasharon Mental Health Center in parliamentary elections, their feelings regarding voting, and the nature of their vote, compared with the general population. One hundred eighteen of 306 (38.6%) patients voted compared with 63.8% of the general population. Forty-nine more patients (16%) wanted to vote but were unable to for technical reasons. More patients voted in the open than the closed wards (chi=14.5; df=1; p=.001). Most patients reported positive subjective feelings, a sense of responsibility (39%), belonging to the general community (28%), and pride (22%) after voting. Psychiatric inpatients voted similarly to the general population, though their percentage of voters was significantly lower. This discrepancy can be accounted for by lack of concern and ineligibility due to lack of identification documents that may reflect fundamental illness-related problems.

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“…However, compared with the general population, the rate of participation of psychiatric patients in these elections was quite low: 30% and 79%, respectively (Melamed et al, 1997a). This could be due to lack of interest, desire, sense of belonging, and technical reasons, e.g., no identity card (Melamed et al, 1997b).…”

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Israeli Psychiatric Inpatients Go to the Polls

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Doron²,

Finkel³

et al. 2007

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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“…Puede considerarse como iniciático el estudio realizado en 1967 en el Bronx State Hospital de New York que se interesó por la comparación del patrón de voto de los pacientes internados (estudiado a través de unos comicios simulados) y la comunidad del distrito hallando que no había diferencias significativas (35) . La misma modalidad se repitió y se publicaron estudios en 1970 en Maryland, en 1977 en Queens-NY, en 1997 en BetYam-Israel y en 2007 en Netanya-Israel arrojando también resultados semejantes entre la población ingresada en hospitales psiquiátricos y la población general (36)(37)(38)(39) . En un estudio de 2004 sobre pacientes externados viviendo en residencias asistidas en Manheim-Alemania la comparación reflejó una mayor tendencia en el grupo de pacientes a preferir a los denominados left-wingparties, lo que fue interpretado por el autor como consecuencia de sus intereses específicos y de una situación de insatisfacción con su salud (40) ; y en el mismo sentido de una lectura más detallada de los resultados de los dos estudios producidos en New York en 1967 y 1977 (35,36) podría desprenderse una leve inclinación a ser más ´democrático-liberales´ y menos ´republicano-conservadores´.…”

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Procesos de Determinación de la Capacidad Jurídica, Trastornos Psicóticos y Competencia para Votar

Martínez

2018

Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba

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Resumen:Resumen: El objetivo del presente artículo es ofrecer una aproximación al estado de la cuestión de la actuación en los procesos judiciales de determinación de la capacidad jurídica en personas afectadas por trastornos psicóticos y su competencia para votar. Para ello se ofrece centralmente una revisión de la temática con especial énfasis en los aportes desde la psiquiatría, vinculados entre otros aspectos a los modelos de evaluación de capacidad para toma de decisiones, y la comunicación de un breve estudio descriptivo de los resultados obtenidos en procedimientos realizados en un Juzgado de Familia de la Provincia de Buenos Aires en el período comprendido desde marzo de 2014 a diciembre de 2016.Palabras clave: psiquiatría; psiquiatría forense; espectro de esquizofrenia y otros trastornos psicóticos; evaluación de la discapacidad; personas con discapacidad mental. Abstract:The article is aimed to offer an approach of the state of the art of the practices in legal ability determination proceedings in people affected by psychotic disorders and their competency to vote. Therefore, we offer a revision of the subject with special emphasis in the contribution from psychiatry, linked with capacity evaluation models for the decision-making process, and the report of a brief descriptive study based on the results of legal proceedings carried on by a Family Court in Buenos Aires Province from

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“…Another study identified smaller differences in voting preferences among inpatients with mental illness in Israel (Melamed et al 1997a), whereas in Canada the proportions of votes cast in psychiatric hospitals for various political parties were virtually the same as in the surrounding areas (Valentine & Turner, 1989).…”

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“…This paucity of data is explained, at least in part, by the fact that the lives of individuals with mental illness are not solely defined by illness, so there may not be a direct or readilydetectable link between mental illness and voting choices. Nonetheless, existing evidence suggests that, in the absence of dementia or cognitive impairment (Ott et al 2003), the voting patterns of individuals with mental illness tend to differ somewhat, though not irrationally, from voting patterns of the overall population (Melamed et al 1997a(Melamed et al , 1997bBullenkamp & Voges, 2004), with a general tendency towards the liberal side of the political spectrum (Howard & Anthony, 1977;Bullenkamp & Voges, 2004).…”

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Voting and mental illness: the silent constituency

Kelly

2014

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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Mental illness has been long associated with denial of certain human rights, social exclusion and political disempowerment. Too often, the effects of adverse social, economic and political circumstances, along with stigma, constitute a form of ‘structural violence’, which impairs access to psychiatric and social services, and amplifies the effects of mental illness in the lives of sufferers and their families. Existing literature indicates that voting rates are low among people with mental illness and, whereas voting preferences in the mentally ill may tend towards the liberal end of the political spectrum, they do not differ dramatically from the overall population. Rates of voting could be improved by mental health service users, service providers, advocacy services and others through (a) improved awareness of voting rights; (b) provision of information, especially to inpatients; (c) assessments of voting capacity, where indicated, using standardised, well-proven tools; and (d) pro-active voter-registration programmes.

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Hospitalized mentally ill patients voting in Israel

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Israeli Psychiatric Inpatients Go to the Polls

Israeli Psychiatric Inpatients Go to the Polls

Procesos de Determinación de la Capacidad Jurídica, Trastornos Psicóticos y Competencia para Votar

Voting and mental illness: the silent constituency

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