Mental health legislation in the Philippines: Philippine Mental Health Act

The first mental health act legislation in the history of the Philippines has been officially signed into law and was enacted as the Republic Act no. 11036 on 21 June 2018. It provides a rights-based mental health bill and a comprehensive framework for the implementation of optimal mental healthcare...

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Autores principales: Lally, John, Samaniego, Rene M., Tully, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6646847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31385981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2018.33
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description The first mental health act legislation in the history of the Philippines has been officially signed into law and was enacted as the Republic Act no. 11036 on 21 June 2018. It provides a rights-based mental health bill and a comprehensive framework for the implementation of optimal mental healthcare in the Philippines. We review the principles and provisions of the Mental Health Act of 2017 and the implications for mental healthcare in the Philippines.
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spelling pubmed-66468472019-08-06 Mental health legislation in the Philippines: Philippine Mental Health Act Lally, John Samaniego, Rene M. Tully, John BJPsych Int Mental Health Law Profile The first mental health act legislation in the history of the Philippines has been officially signed into law and was enacted as the Republic Act no. 11036 on 21 June 2018. It provides a rights-based mental health bill and a comprehensive framework for the implementation of optimal mental healthcare in the Philippines. We review the principles and provisions of the Mental Health Act of 2017 and the implications for mental healthcare in the Philippines. Cambridge University Press 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6646847/ /pubmed/31385981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2018.33 Text en © The Authors 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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