The criticism concerns a patient who has been enrolled in the clinic for 18 years.
JO believes that the care has been passive and that the clinic should have sought external help to achieve success.
The case has been pursued by the human rights organization Civil Rights Defenders, which believes that the clinic is guilty of cruel and degrading treatment of the patient and that it is a violation of human rights.
Welcome criticism from JO
Civil Rights Defenders who are involved in human rights violations around the world are very critical of the conditions that prevail in psychiatric compulsory care in Sweden.
Long care periods without adequate treatment are a serious misconduct, the organization believes.
-Being admitted to compulsory care without access to adequate care, and not having the conditions or rather hopes of bringing about a change is something that even the European Court of Justice has found to be cruel and degrading treatment, says Annika Åkerberg, lawyer at Civil Rights Defenders.
In principle important
The case in Sundsvall is important in principle because, according to Civil Rights Defenders, there are a significant number of patients with long care periods in compulsory psychiatric care in Sweden.
Annika Åkerberg believes that JO's statement entails general guidance for the clinics.
-We especially welcome the fact that JO actually goes out and criticizes the care itself, for having a person admitted to compulsory care for as long as this is a question of is a very clear violation of human rights, says Annika Åkerberg.
Civil Rights Defenders welcomes the criticism from the Ombudsman. Hear lawyer Annika Åkerberg comment on the case in the clip.