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Malaysian mental health law

The Malaysian Mental Health Act 2001 did not come into effect until the Mental Health Regulations 2010 came into force. The Act provides a framework for the delivery of comprehensive care, treatment, control, protection and rehabilitation of those with mental disorders. The Act governs the establish...

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Autores principales: Khan, Nusrat N., Yahya, Badi’ah, Abu Bakar, Abd Kadir, Ho, Roger C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093848
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description The Malaysian Mental Health Act 2001 did not come into effect until the Mental Health Regulations 2010 came into force. The Act provides a framework for the delivery of comprehensive care, treatment, control, protection and rehabilitation of those with mental disorders. The Act governs the establishment of private and government psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric nursing homes and community mental health centres. This paper outlines the provisions of the Act and the Regulations.
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spelling pubmed-56189142017-11-01 Malaysian mental health law Khan, Nusrat N. Yahya, Badi’ah Abu Bakar, Abd Kadir Ho, Roger C. BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile The Malaysian Mental Health Act 2001 did not come into effect until the Mental Health Regulations 2010 came into force. The Act provides a framework for the delivery of comprehensive care, treatment, control, protection and rehabilitation of those with mental disorders. The Act governs the establishment of private and government psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric nursing homes and community mental health centres. This paper outlines the provisions of the Act and the Regulations. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5618914/ /pubmed/29093848 Text en © 2015 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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