Mental health legislation in Bulgaria – a brief overview

Bulgaria has never had a separate law on mental health. Issues such as mandatory treatment, guardianship and legal capacity were regulated in the People’s Health Act, which was in force until 2005, when it was replaced by a new Health Act. That Act has a chapter relating specifically to mental healt...

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Autor principal: Hinkov, Hristo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016
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Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093917
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description Bulgaria has never had a separate law on mental health. Issues such as mandatory treatment, guardianship and legal capacity were regulated in the People’s Health Act, which was in force until 2005, when it was replaced by a new Health Act. That Act has a chapter relating specifically to mental health, and this article describes its provisions.
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spelling pubmed-56194912017-11-01 Mental health legislation in Bulgaria – a brief overview Hinkov, Hristo BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile Bulgaria has never had a separate law on mental health. Issues such as mandatory treatment, guardianship and legal capacity were regulated in the People’s Health Act, which was in force until 2005, when it was replaced by a new Health Act. That Act has a chapter relating specifically to mental health, and this article describes its provisions. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5619491/ /pubmed/29093917 Text en © 2016 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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