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Mental Health Act

Mental Health Act is a stock short title used for legislation relating to mental health law.

Canada

  • The Mental Health Act (Ontario)

India

  • The Mental Health Care Act, 2017

Ireland

  • The Mental Health Act 2001

New Zealand

  • The Mental health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992

Republic of Ireland

  • The Mental Health Act 2001

Singapore

  • The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act (Singapore) passed in 2008

United Kingdom

  • The Mental Health Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72)
  • The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 (c. 51)
  • The Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36), an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Mental Health (Detention) (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 47)
  • The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1994 (c. 6)
  • The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c. 52)
  • The Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999 (asp 1)
  • The Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1999 (c. 32)
  • The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), an act of the Scottish Parliament
  • The Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12), an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 7)
  • The Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013 (c. 8)
  • The Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 (c. 27)

United States

  • The National Mental Health Act of 1946, which called for the establishment of a National Institute of Mental Health
  • The Community Mental Health Act, created by John F. Kennedy in 1963 as part of his New Frontier
  • The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996

References

References

  1. "Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill 2017-19 — UK Parliament".
  2. "Mental Health Units (Use of Force Bill) becomes law".
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