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# MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2001

This year
2024
Long-delayed new mental health law to be brought forward before the summer
27 Feb
14.5k
13
All time
'Role of family' in mental health patients' care to be considered in new legislation
22 May 2021
14.5k
25
Loophole means 'voluntary' mental health patients have diminished right to appeal detention
20 Apr 2021
14.1k
2
Reform of Ireland's mental health laws delayed as heads of bill not expected until the end of the year
8 Jul 2019
8.5k
2
Mental health patients to be re-examined due to emergency legislation to address 'unconstitutional' law
13 Sep 2018
10.2k
1
Minister to draft emergency legislation after court finds part of mental health law is unconstitutional
13 Jun 2018
12.4k
6
'The de facto detained are still there': Voluntary patients still held without review due to delays in law reform
15 Apr 2018
13.0k
14
'Committing' the homeless during Storm Emma: An improper use of the Mental Health Act 2001?
Mairead Leen
14 Mar 2018
20.3k
54
Electroshock still used without consent despite promises
5 Oct 2014
10.1k
54
Number of admission assistants for mental health patients halved since 2007
24 Jul 2013
4.0k
19
The ‘defacto detained’: How voluntary patients can be held without review
23 Jul 2013
34.6k
86
Minister Lynch: ‘Unwilling’ patients no longer to receive electric shock therapy
22 Jul 2013
14.7k
100
Law reform could expedite appeals over mental health detention
19 Aug 2012
5.3k
41