Mental Treatment Act 1930

Mental Treatment Act 1930

The Mental Treatment Act 1930 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that permitted voluntary admission to, and outpatient treatment within, psychiatric hospitals. [1][2]

It also replaced the term "asylum" with "mental hospital".[2]

References

  1. ^ "The history of mental health and community care - key dates". Mind. http://www.mind.org.uk/help/research_and_policy/the_history_of_mental_health_and_community_care-key_dates. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  2. ^ a b "Mental Health Act Reform". http://www.uea.ac.uk/~wp276/MENTAL%20HEALTH%20ACT%20REFORM.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 

See also

  • Macmillan Commission
v · d · eMental health law in the United Kingdom
18th century
Madhouses Act 1774
19th century
Criminal Lunatics Act 1800 · County Asylums Act 1808 · Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811 · Scottish Madhouses Act 1815 · Criminal Lunatics Amendment Act 1815 · Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817 · Pauper Lunatics Act 1819 · County Asylums Act 1828 · Madhouses Act 1828 · Chancery Lunatics Property Act 1828 · Madhouses Act 1832 · County Asylums Act 1845 · Lunacy Act 1845 · Idiots Act 1886 · Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act 1886
20th century
Mental Treatment Act 1930 · Mental Health Act 1959 · Mental Health Act 1983 · Mental Capacity Act 2005 · Mental Health Act 2007
Public bodies
Lunacy Commission · Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency · Mental Health Review Tribunal (England and Wales)
Other
Diminished responsibility in English law · Fixated Threat Assessment Centre

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