In 2002, the most modern and arguably most innovative mental health legislation in Australia — the Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) — came into effect in Queensland. The Queensland jurisdiction is unique in grafting procedural provisions and definitions from mental health legislation onto The Criminal...
The decision in Re AKB was the first opportunity for a judicial interpretation of the provisions governing the review of forensic orders under the Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) ('the Act'). The decision emphasised that the Act has no preventative detention function and the provisions requiring ...
The Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) (MHA)9 is, broadly speaking, the major legislative instrument regulating involuntary treatment and protection of people who have mental illnesses in Queensland. The MHA provides for the involuntary assessment, treatment, and protection of persons experiencing a mental ...
Mental Health Act Code of Practice (DH & Welsh Office 1999)Department of Health (2008) Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice, London: TSO.Department of Health and Welsh Office (1999) Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice 1999. London: HMSO...
Section 117 of the MHA places a duty on health and social services authorities to provide after-care services for certain patients discharged from detention under the Act. It does not specify services to be provided or confer powers to charge....
The attention to workplace mental health is timely given extreme levels of burnout, anxiety, depression and trauma experienced by workers due to serious extraorganizational stressors – the COVID-19 pandemic, threats to climate change, and extreme social and political unrest. Workplace-based risk ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted greatly the mental health of children. We performed a systematic review to better understand the impact of the pandemic
Response to the review of Mental Health Act 2000Berkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksJodie O'LearySuzie O'TooleB. Watt
The government green paper, 'Reform of the Mental Health Act 1983', was published in November 1999, for consultation by end of March 2000. This article offers comment on the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the proposals for change, from an approved social worker perspective. ...
1. School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia 2. NSW Centre for Eating & Dieting Disorders, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW, 2050, Australia 3. National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra,...