mental health act
- Created by: megandunthorne
- Created on: 04-03-14 10:28
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- Mental health act 1983
- This act safegaurds people with mental disorders and sets out circumstances in which they can be treated without consent
- stregnths
- protects people who lose the ability to make descisions for themselves
- prevents individuals from harming themselves
- treatment cannot be forced on the individual unless their illness is servere
- weaknesses
- 'everyone should make their own decisions' which is stated by the law
- does not take into account the individuals human rights
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