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04 ｜ Health Care

Review Cases for Mandatory Hospitalization and Mandatory Community
Table 4-3
Treatment by the Review Board from 2018 to 2023

Mandatory hospitalization Mandatory community treatment
Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory
Case Mandatory
Date Hospitalization Hospitalization community community community
review Hospitalization
cases cases treatment treatment cases treatment
approval rate
reviewed approved cases approved approval rate
Jan. - Dec. 690 642 592 92.21% 48 46 95.83%
2018
Jan. - Dec.
2019 725 683 629 92.09% 42 41 97.62%
Jan. - Dec.
2020 656 604 545 90.2% 52 52 100%
Jan. - Dec. 574 534 502 94.0% 40 40 100%
2021
Jan. - Dec.
2022 504 469 432 92.1% 35 34 97.1%
Jan. - Dec.
2023 570 528 504 95.45% 42 41 97.62%

Section 3 Forensic Psychiatry 188 institutions for alternative therapy. Subsidized
1. To make Taiwan's forensic psychiatry system alternative therapy was first made available to
complete, on February 17, 2021, the MOHW opioid addicts in 2006. As of the end of 2023,
established the Forensic Psychiatry Section, to actively 47,344 were treated, and 7,180 still in treatment.
promote mental health services and assist offenders In addition, a total of 88 training sessions for drug
with mental disorders in gradual return to society. addiction treatment personnel had been conducted,
2. The Taiwan Academy of Psychiatry and the Law with 5,240 individuals trained.
began holding selection operations for forensic 2. In 2006, the MOHW began to subsidize alternative
psychiatric doctors in 2020. As of the end of 2023, treatment of opioid addiction. This was followed by
88 doctors had passed selection and been willingly the introduction of across-the-board subsidies for
announced, the name list was provided to district treating narcotics addiction in May 2019. 13,939
persecutors offices and courts for reference. people benefited from such subsidies in 2023.

3. To enhance the quality and capacity of forensic 3. Since 2006, MOHW's Tsaotun Psychiatric
psychiatric assessment services, the Taiwan Academy Center has been receiving funding to establish a
of Psychiatry and the Law was commissioned to therapeutic community for drug addicts which were
develop the "Forensic Psychiatry Assessment - Basic expanded to 6 private facilities in 2019. There were
Training Course Material" in 2023. a total of 358 beds in 2023. In 2023 (from January
4. Since the announcement of establishing forensic to December), 424 people obtained assistance in
psychiatric wards in 2021, until the end of 2023, a settlement with 96,125 in-patient days. In addition,
total of 183 beds have been configured in 4 medical the Ministry also subsidized 19 NGOs to carry
facilities under special reimbursement. out the "Drug Addict Community Rehabilitation
Scheme Deployment and Service Quality Upgrading
Section 4 Control of Drug Addiction Program." Under this program, 253 people obtained
1. By the end of 2023, the MOHW designated 163 assistance in settlement; 33,462 people received
drug addiction treatment institutions and another various psychological social treatment (such as

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