Mental Health ActDeinstitutionalisationPurpose This paper aims to examine reform of mental health legislation in England and Wales. It covers the period from the introduction of the 1983 MHA to the proposed reforms outlined in the Wessley Review that was published in December 2018. Design/methodology...
The report appears to dismiss the kind of major reforms to mental health legislation called for by the UN’s CRPD, which said last year that the government should “repeal legislation and practices that authorise non-consensual involuntary, compulsory treatment” and the detention of disable...
In the 114thCongress, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 (H.R. 2646) was introduced in June 2015. It gained a Senate companion in August 2015, with the introduction of the Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 (S. 1945). The more recent Mental Health Reform Act of 2...
health care affordable to all; providing education, including early education, to all children; strengthening environmental and occupational safeguards; and creating more just tax structures; and (3) Preserve our Common Home, the small blue... PJ Landrigan,L Ferrer,J Keenan - 《Annals of Global ...
"In addition, to fully tackle the mental health emergency, this Bill must be matched by sustained investment in mental health services to ensure the reforms are effective and enduring. "The recent announcement of £26 million for mental health crisis centres in last weeks budget is intended to...
In recent years many countries have embarked on various types of health and mental health reform. These reforms have in large part been driven by governments' concerns for cost containment which has, in turn, been driven by an increasing process of global marketization and the need to control ...
Reforms to the mental health law framework for England and Wales, which were introduced by the Mental Health Act 2007, are now having a practical effect on day-to-day mental health decision-making. The 2007 Act amends the Mental Health Act 1983, which governs the compulsory hospitalisation and...
A state commission is urging Florida to enact sweeping reforms to its patchwork system of mental health care. The recommendations come from the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, which was created in 2021 after the Parkland grand jury called Florida'smental healthsystem "a mess." ...
Pakistan faces profound mental health challenges, which necessitate the urgent need for a comprehensive assessment of its mental healthcare system. A holistic understanding of the mental health landscape is essential to identify strengths, weaknesses, and existing gaps within the system, which can infor...
However, reforms in former Soviet countries are in the early stages of implementation, with lack of suitable resources for needed developments, and modern mental health services remain largely out of reach for most people in the near future (Petrea 2013). The US NIMH (http://www.nimh.gov) ...