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By Dr Larkin Feeney and Dr Brendan D. Kelly
Last updated: June 2015
The Mental Health Act 2001 represents the most important reform of Ireland’s mental health laws in over half a century. It replaces and updates a number of older pieces of legislation, most notably the Mental Treatment Act 1945 (Department of Health, 1945). The Act has profound implications for patients, carers, mental health professionals and the public.
The purpose of this module is to outline the central provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001 as they relate to psychiatric practice in Ireland. This module does not aim to examine the issues surrounding delays in the implementation of the Act; these issues are well explored elsewhere (Daly, 2005; Ganter, 2005; Lawlor, 2005; Owens, 2005).
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