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Brunei Darussalam’s new Mental Health Order

Brunei’s new mental health legislation was implemented on 1 November 2014. This is a much needed and long overdue development which has required significant multi-agency consultation and commitment. This paper describes how the 2014 Mental Health Order was prepared and provides a summary of its cont...

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Autor principal: Ho, Hilda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093896
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Sumario:Brunei’s new mental health legislation was implemented on 1 November 2014. This is a much needed and long overdue development which has required significant multi-agency consultation and commitment. This paper describes how the 2014 Mental Health Order was prepared and provides a summary of its contents. The future direction and challenges facing its full implementation are discussed.