Mental Health Act 1959
The main provisions of the 1959 Mental Health Act were to abolish the distinction between psychiatric hospitals and other types of hospitals and to de-instituitionalise mental health patients and see them treated more by community care. The act also defined the term mental disorder for the first time - "mental illness as distinct from learning disability. The definition was “mental illness; arrest or incomplete development of mind; psychopathic disorder; and any other disorder or disability of mind”.
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Mental Health Act 1959
The main provisions of the 1959 Mental Health Act were to abolish the distinction between psychiatric hospitals and other types of hospitals and to de-instituitionalise mental health patients and see them treated more by community care. The act also defined the term mental disorder for the first time - "mental illness as distinct from learning disability. The definition was “mental illness; arrest or incomplete development of mind; psychopathic disorder; and any other disorder or disability of mind”.
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The main provisions of the 195 ...... be placed under guardianship.
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44,848,260
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733,823,662
commencement
1960-11-01
long title
An Act to Repeal the Lunacy an ...... nected with matters aforesaid.
parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
royal assent
1959-07-29
short title
Mental Health Act 1959
statute book chapter
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The main provisions of the 195 ...... sorder or disability of mind”.
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Mental Health Act 1959
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