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Published more: 2018-07-26 14:02 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Regions charge for compulsory psychiatric care

Swedish medical authorities are suppose to avoid focing people to receive treatment

Lyssna: Most regions charge a fee for compulsory psychiatric care

People who have been kept in mental hospitals against their will can end up with bills of tens of thousands of kronor.

When a person is over 20 many local authorities have a rule that they will be charged 100 kronor for each day they are in hospital. And that can include compulsory psychiatric care.

Anna-Clara Skogholt ended up having to pay 25,000 kronor.

She tells Swedish Radio that being held in medical care against your will is bad...