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  2. Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) - Wikipedia

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    The Prisons Act, 1894; The Prisoners' Act, 1900; Lunacy Act, 1912; The Punjab Borstal Act, 1926; Good Conduct Prisoners Probation Release Act, 1926; Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability Act, (PEEDA) 2006; Rules and Regulations (1818 to 2010) Regulation III of 1818 (A Regulation for the Confinement of State Prisoners)

  3. Timeline of psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    Since the Pakistan inception, lunacy act was being used . It was not until 1992 that efforts to improve it started . It was through a Presidential order that Mental Health Ordinance 2001 were introduced at an conference at Islamabad. It was hosted by Prof Mubasshar Hussain Malik. [25] 2002. The European Brain Council was founded in Brussels.

  4. Healthcare in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan's suicide rate is below the worldwide average. The 2015 global rate was 9.5 per 100,000 people [31] (in 2008, 11.6). Suicides represent some 0.9% of all deaths. Pakistan's death rate, as given by the World Bank, is 7.28 per 1000 people in 2016 (the lowest rate in the 2006-2018 period). In 2015, the suicide rate in Pakistan was ...

  5. Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia

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    The Act created the Lunacy Commission, headed by Lord Shaftesbury, focusing on reform of the legislation concerning lunacy. [21] The commission consisted of eleven Metropolitan Commissioners who were required to carry out the provisions of the Act; [ 22 ] [ full citation needed ] the compulsory construction of asylums in every county, with ...

  6. Commissioners in Lunacy - Wikipedia

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    Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury was the head of the commission from its founding in 1845 until his death in 1885. [2] The Lunacy Commission was made up of eleven Metropolitan Commissioners: three medical, three legal and five laymen. [3]

  7. Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency - Wikipedia

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    The Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency was a body overseeing the treatment of the mentally ill in England and Wales.It was created by the Mental Deficiency Act 1913 to replace the Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Home Office however it was independent in that it reported to the Lord Chancellor who had responsibility for investigating breaches of care and integrity.

  8. Mental Deficiency Act 1913 - Wikipedia

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    [11] The new act repealed the Idiots Act 1886 and followed the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded. It established the Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency to oversee the implementation of provisions for the care and management of four classes of people, a) Idiots.

  9. Old Manor Hospital, Salisbury - Wikipedia

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    The 1828 Madhouse Act superseded the 1774 Act and made provision for local magistrates to visit four times each year to inspect the condition, provision of care and regulation of the asylum. There was a securely bound Visitors' Book in which the visiting magistrates were obliged to record anything they regarded as important, whether positive or ...