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Mental health and the law: a South African perspective

Part of: BJPsych International Mental Health Law Profile Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christopher Paul Szabo  and
Sean Zalman Kaliski
Christopher Paul Szabo
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; email Christopher.szabo@wits.ac.za
Sean Zalman Kaliski
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Abstract

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Mental health law in South Africa has been dominated in recent times by the Mental Health Care Act 2002. This paper provides selective insights into specific aspects of that Act and highlights its impact on clinical practice within a broad clinical setting and in so doing suggests areas for review and revision.

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BJPsych International , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , August 2017 , pp. 69 - 71
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2017

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