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2. Mental Health Act (Ontario) - Wikipedia

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   The Mental Health Act is an Ontario law that regulates the administration of mental health care in the province. The main purpose of the legislation is to regulate the involuntary admission of people into a psychiatric hospital .

3. National Mental Health Act - Wikipedia

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   The National Mental Health Act (1946) became law on July 3, 1946. It established and provided funds for a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The act made the mental health of the people a federal priority. It was inspired by alarm at the poor mental health of some draftees and veterans and was demanded by veterans and their families. [1]

4. Assertive community treatment - Wikipedia

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   Assertive community treatment (ACT) is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery. [1] ACT teams serve individuals who have been diagnosed with serious and persistent forms of mental illness, predominantly but not exclusively the schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

5. Community Mental Health Act - Wikipedia

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   The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 (CMHA) (also known as the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, Mental Retardation Facilities and Construction Act, Public Law 88-164, or the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963) was an act to provide federal funding for community mental health ...

6. Baker Act - Wikipedia

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   The Florida Mental Health Act of 1971, [1] commonly known as the "Baker Act," allows for a) short-term, inpatient voluntary and involuntary examination, b) inpatient voluntary and involuntary admission of an individual for assessment and treatment of a mental illness, and c) involuntary outpatient treatment for mental illness.

7. The Year That Transformed Therapy As We Know It - AOL

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   The pandemic’s mental health crisis sped up the implication of the PsychologyInterjurisdictional Compact , which allows participating psychologists to see patients across state lines without ...

8. Mental health law - Wikipedia

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   Mental health-related legal concepts include mens rea, insanity defences; legal definitions of "sane," "insane," and "incompetent;" informed consent; and automatism, amongst many others. Statutory law usually takes the form of a mental health statute. An example is the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. These acts codify aspects of ...

9. Involuntary commitment by country - Wikipedia

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   The Victorian Mental Health Act (1986) specifies in part that: "(1) A person may be admitted to and detained in an approved mental health service as an involuntary patient in accordance with the procedures specified in this Act only if— (a) the person appears to be mentally ill; and