منابع مشابه
Mental health law profiles
BJPSYCH INTERNATIONAL VOLUME 12 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY 2015 Baillie, D., Hall, C., Hunter, N., et al (2013) Brain gain: the benefits of working as a peer support worker for service users in urban Uganda. Paper presented at the Global Mental Health Conference, September 2013. Available at http://www.centreforglobalmentalhealth. org/sites/www.centreforglobalmentalhealth.org/files/uploads/ documents/5A...
متن کاملKenya’s mental health law
Kenya's Mental Health Act 1989 is now outdated. It is a signatory to international rights conventions that provide for state protection of the rights of people with mental illness, their property and their treatment. There is, however, a glaring failure to implement the existing legal provisions. A new Mental Health Bill that aims to respond comprehensively to the challenges affecting mental he...
متن کاملMalaysian mental health law
The Malaysian Mental Health Act 2001 did not come into effect until the Mental Health Regulations 2010 came into force. The Act provides a framework for the delivery of comprehensive care, treatment, control, protection and rehabilitation of those with mental disorders. The Act governs the establishment of private and government psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric nursing homes and community men...
متن کاملDevelopments in Mental Health Law
When an individual experiences a mental health crisis, Virginia law permits that individual to be detained up to 48-hours plus weekends and holidays for evaluation and emergency treatment under a temporary detention order (TDO). After 48-hours, authorities must hold a civil commitment hearing. The four possible hearing outcomes are dismissal of the commitment petition, mandatory outpatient trea...
متن کاملMental health law in Pakistan
Continued efforts to produce appropriate mental health legislation in Pakistan led to the Mental Health Ordinance of 2001. However, with the 18th amendment to the constitution and devolution of health responsibilities to the provincial governments, it became the task of the provinces to pass appropriate mental health legislation through their respective assemblies. Currently the mental health l...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Psychiatry
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1749-3676
DOI: 10.1192/s1749367600003738