A new Mental Health Act for Malta

Until recently, the care of persons with mental disorder in Malta was regulated by mental health legislation enacted in 1976. This was closely modelled on the 1959 British Mental Health Act. Now, the Mental Health Act 2012 is being implemented in two steps, in 2013 and 2014. The paper reviews its pr...

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Autores principales: Zahra, Anthony, Camilleri, Miriam, Cachia, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014
Materias:
Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507767
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spelling pubmed-67351442019-09-10 A new Mental Health Act for Malta Zahra, Anthony Camilleri, Miriam Cachia, John Int Psychiatry Mental Health Law Profile Until recently, the care of persons with mental disorder in Malta was regulated by mental health legislation enacted in 1976. This was closely modelled on the 1959 British Mental Health Act. Now, the Mental Health Act 2012 is being implemented in two steps, in 2013 and 2014. The paper reviews its provisions. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6735144/ /pubmed/31507767 Text en © 2014 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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