Developing Mental Health Laws in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia by Grace-Cecile Eya Obame

“…This review evaluates the barriers of appropriate development and implementation of mental health laws in Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. Legislative actions that have been taken in these three countries will be examined in an effort to improve mental health laws, via an analysis of strengths and areas of improvement. …”
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Psychiatric services, mental health law, & human rights by Brendan D Kelly

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Mental health law in India: origins and proposed reforms by Muhammad Mudasir Firdosi, Zulkarnain Z. Ahmad

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Mental health law profile: the United Arab Emirates by Ghanem Alhassani, Ossama T. Osman

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Development of mental health law in Iran: work in progress by Mehdi Nasr Esfahani, Gholamreza Mirsepassi, Mohammad-Kazem Atef-Vahid

“…A brief account of the three stages of development of a new mental health law in Iran is given. At each stage, the expert opinions of mental health professionals and lawyers interested in the rights of psychiatric patients were obtained. …”
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The time is now: reforming Nigeria's outdated mental health laws by Obianuju Ugochukwu, Nkechi Mbaezue, Saheed Akinmayowa Lawal, Chris Azubogu, Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, Frédérique Vallières

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Awareness on the Mental Health Law of Registered Social Workers in Negros Occidental by Adrian L. Patricio, Richelle H. Verdeprado

Subjects: “…Social Work, Mental Health Law, Awareness, Registered Social Workers, Descriptive-Comparative, Negros Occidental…”
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Collegiality, Therapy and Mediation—The Contribution of Experts in Swedish Mental Health Law by Stefan Sjöström, Maritha Jacobsson, Anna Hollander

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Collegialism, therapy and mediation – the contribution of experts in Swedish mental health law by Hollander Anna, Jacobsson Maritha, Sjöström Stefan

Decision-Making, Legal Capacity and Neuroscience: Implications for Mental Health Laws by Bernadette McSherry

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The new French mental health law regarding psychiatric involuntary treatment by Jean Louis Senon, Carol Jonas, Michel Botbol

“…This new French mental health law is an attempt to find a balance between the protection of patients' rights and the need for treatment.…”
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Mental health law: a comparison of compulsory hospital admission in Italy and the UK by Lucienne Aguirre, Martina Padovano, Matteo Scopetti, Raffaele La Russa, Federico Manetti, Stefano D’Errico, Paola Frati, Vittorio Fineschi

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New mental health laws in bosnia and herzegovina- step towards in our practice by G. Racetovic, M. Latinovic, G. Cerkez, E. Mesic

“… Introduction Establishing broad spectrum of new mental health services in whole Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) existing mental health laws in both entities needed to be upgrade according positive results of the mental health reform in the country. …”
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Mental Health Law in China: A Socio-Legal Analysis by Bo Chen by Sarah Dauncey

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Knowledge of mental health law and attitude toward mental illness among attorneys in Nigeria by Oluyemi O Akanni, Nosa G Igbinomwanhia, Adegboyega Ogunwale, Adeagbo F Osundina

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In the liminal spaces of mental health law – what to do when section 136 expires? by Khalil Hassanally, Judy Laing, Anupam Kishore

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The space between second-personal respect and rational care in theory and mental health law by Kong, C

Mental health law, policy & program in India – A fragmented narrative of change, contradictions and possibilities by Ketki Ranade, Arjun Kapoor, Tanya Nicole Fernandes

“…In this paper we mark significant influences on the evolution of mental health law, policy and program in India starting from colonial laws. …”
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Why did China’s mental health law have a limited effect on decreasing rates of involuntary hospitalization? by Yarong Ma, Jie Zhang, Robert Rosenheck, Hongbo He

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Querying the Call to Introduce Mental Capacity Testing to Mental Health Law: Does the Doctrine of Necessity Provide an Alternative? by Piers Gooding, Eilionóir Flynn

Subjects: “…mental health law…”
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