Mental Health Act 2001

The mental health act 2001 is an act of the irish parliament the oireachtas which sets out the legal procedures for admissions and treatment in approved centres.

Mental health act 2001. 1 this act may be cited as the mental health act 2001. At the core of the bill is the need to address the civil and human rights of persons receiving care and treatment in our psychiatric services 8 9. Your guide to the mental health act 2001. The mental health act 2001 sets out the law on how and why you can be admitted to a psychiatric hospital and your rights as a patient.

The mental health act 2001 is relevant with the current development in psychiatry health care and keeps abreast with the socioeconomic development of the country. 1 this act may be cited as the mental health act 2001. Section 4 of the mental health act 2001 8. It is prepared by the law reform commission in accordance with its function under the law reform commission act 1975 3 1975 to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

It aims to protect the rights of everyone using the mental health services. A guide for involuntary patients receiving mental health treatment addendum your guide to the mental health act 2001. This booklet is available in english irish and five other languages. Act 21 of 2008 revised edition 2012 31st december 2012 an act to provide for the admission detention care and treatment of mentally disordered persons in designated psychiatric institutions.

It aims to ensure the patient s best interest is the most important aspect of mental health. As the mental health bill 2001 was passing through the oireachtas the minister for state at the department of health and children mary hanafin stated. An act to provide for the involuntary admission to approved centres of persons suffering from mental disorders to provide for the independent review of the involuntary admission of such persons and for those purposes to provide for the establishment of a mental health commission and the appointment of mental health commission tribunals and an inspector of mental health services to repeal in part the mental treatment act 1945 and to provide for related matters. This revised act is an administrative consolidation of the mental health act 2001.

2 the mental treatment act 1945 the mental treatment act 1961 and this act may be cited together as the mental health acts 1945 to 2001 and shall be construed together as one.