Suite. In the interest of the personal health and safety of the mentally ill person or for the protection of others, it is necessary that the person be placed in a psychiatric hospital or retirement home. 8 Preamble to mental health: is a fundamental human value and the protection of patients` rights is an obligation of the state. Any person (who is not a minor) who considers himself to be mentally ill and who wishes to be admitted to a psychiatric nursing home for treatment may apply to the appropriate physician for admission as a voluntary patient. Suite. 1.Where a medical officer of a psychiatric hospital or nursing home where a mentally ill person is awaiting a temporary treatment order is satisfied that: – the mentally ill person suffers from a mental disorder of such a nature and extent that his treatment in the psychiatric hospital or, where appropriate, in the psychiatric care home must be continued for more than six months, or more. Application for admission of the guardian to a ward If the guardian of a minor considers the minor to be mentally ill and wishes to receive the minor for treatment in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric retirement home, he or she may request the attending physician to accept the minor as a voluntary patient MHA 1987 A law codifying and amending the Act on the Treatment and Care of the Mentally Ill, make better arrangements for their property, business and related matters. Syed Imran 4 Several Latin phrases for the beginningNot knowing that the law is harmful (Iuris ignorantia nocet) The law applied to the extreme is the greatest injustice (Summum ius – summa iniuria) The health (or public welfare) of the people should be the supreme law (Salus publica suprema lex) To ostatnie dwuznaczne – “zdrowie publiczne najwyższym prawem”. Suite. provided that, if a relative or friend of the mentally ill person wishes the patient to be sent for treatment to a particular psychiatric hospital or licensed nursing home, and undertakes in writing, to the satisfaction of the magistrate, to bear the costs of keeping the mentally ill person in such a hospital or nursing home, The magistrate shall, if the physician in charge of such hospital or nursing home consents, order the admission of the mentally ill person to such hospital or nursing home and his incarceration in such hospital or retirement home. – that, in the opinion of each of these doctors, the presumed mentally ill suffers from a mental disorder which, by its nature and extent, justifies his placement in a psychiatric hospital. or a psychiatric care facility and that such detention is necessary in the interests of the person`s personal health and safety or for the protection of others. • The Mental Health Act did not come into force in all states and union territories of India until April 1993.

If the husband or wife of the person alleged to have a mental illness is not an applicant, the application must indicate the reasons why the application was not made by the husband or wife and indicate the applicant`s relationship to the person alleged to have a mental illness and the circumstances in which the application is made. SUITE. “psychiatric hospital” or “psychiatric nursing home” means a hospital or, as the case may be, a nursing home established or maintained by the Government or another person for the treatment and care of the mentally ill, including a convalescent home established or maintained by the Government or any other person for such mentally ill persons.