Question juridique clé
Whether the psychiatric placement and refusal of discharge met the requirements of Art. 397a para. 1 CC.
Solution extraite
Yes. Based on the established facts, the appellant suffered from severe psychotic decompensation and posed a serious danger to others that could only be prevented by inpatient treatment.
Motifs extraits
The Federal Court was bound by the cantonal findings because no legally sufficient challenge to the facts was raised. Those findings showed schizophrenia paranoïde, anosognosia, refusal of medication, and a significant risk of hetero-aggression with pronounced persecutory ideas.