Mental Health Act
Involuntary commitment law
A Mental Health Act is legislation governing the assessment, treatment, and rights of people with mental disorders.
Such acts typically establish when someone can be detained involuntarily for psychiatric treatment, what safeguards protect patients, and how mental health services are administered.
The specific provisions vary by jurisdiction: She was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
In the UK, "the Mental Health Act" usually refers to the 1983 act and its amendments.
- sectionedDivided into portions
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- detainedHeld against one's will
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
locked ward · ward · assessment · compulsory · treatment · tribunal · hospital · admission · capacity · consent · crisis · restraint · sectioning · approved · clinician · custody · review · patient rights
Mental Health Actinformed consent
Permission given with understanding
patient autonomy · advance directives · advance directive · patient-centered care
Mental Health Actderegulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
anti-psychiatry · deinstitutionalization · legal vacuum · decriminalization
Mental Health Actcommunity care
Local non-hospital support
outpatient treatment · peer support · social inclusion · supported living
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