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. ...
Cures Act brings mental health reform, but much more needed for children and adolescentsLast month, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act, which represents major progress into mental health reform. Along with major changes to this country''s mental health system, the legislation ...
Mental Health Act - Reformdoi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7221.1322LegalApproachMentalHealthTherapiesRadcliffe M.R ThayaParanBMJ
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...
Reform of the Mental Health Act 1983: The Green Paper The profession awaits the Government's White Paper on a new Mental Health Act (MHA) with trepidation. At the time of writing, the closing date for consultation on the Green Paper ([Department of Health, 1999 a ][1]) has passed. No...
The growing strength of advocates for mental health reform, called the mental hygiene movement, and passage of the National Mental Health Act in 1946 in the USA instigated new directions in mental health care. The UK Mental Health Act of 1959 encouraged a rapid reduction in mental hospital beds...
One campaigner said it was clear that the review – chaired by Professor Simon Wessely –was “tinkering around the edges” of the Mental Health Act (MHA) and would not be recommending any “dramatic reform”. She and others raised concerns that the review team appeared to have dism...
This ethnographic account of mental health nursing in a 22-bed acute inpatient facility in New South Wales, Australia, uncovered cultural meaning and cultu... M Cleary - 《International Journal of Mental Health Nursing》 被引量: 111发表: 2003年 Concerns over reform of the Mental Health Act st...
Mental Health Council of Australia, Deakin West, ACT.Patrick D McGorryORYGEN Research Centre, ORYGEN Youth Health, Parkville, VIC.Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo)The Medical Journal of AustraliaHickie IB, Groom GL, McGorry PD, Davenport TA, Luscombe GM. Australian mental ...
摘要: Many Scottish psychiatrists do not share Simpson's enthusiasm for the Scottish Mental Health Act.1 The 2003 act has introduced into the Scottish mental health service a bureaucracy of previously unknown proportions. Simply allowing a patient to leave the …...