About this publication
A Practitioner’s Guide to the Mental Health Care Act explains how the South African mental health system functions for those who implement the Act, those who administer it and those affected by it.
The book outlines and explains how the Mental Health Care Act and its regulations are applied to or administered by assisted users, involuntary users, State patients, the intellectually disabled, mentally ill prisoners, heads of establishments and mental health review boards.
A Practitioner’s Guide to the Mental Health Care Act provides ready access to the law on mental health care in the context of the Constitution, case law and international law.
‘This book will be an invaluable resource in mental health law in South Africa.’
Prof Sean Kaliski, Head of Forensic Psychiatry in the Western Cape.
Content
Part A – Introduction
Mental health care and the Mental Health Care Act
Mental health and intellectual disability care – a medical concept
An introduction to law and international treaties
The rights of mental health care users and the duties of mental health care providers and practitioners
Part B – Administration of the Act
Administrators of the Mental Health Care Act
Part C – Care, treatment and rehabilitation
Health establishments, users and mental health care providers
Emergency treatment or admission without consent
Voluntary users
Assisted users
Involuntary users
Severely or profoundly intellectually disabled users
Part D – Forensic users: Observation, state patients and mentally ill sentenced prisoners
Observation of persons accused of committing crime
State patients
Mentally ill prisoners
Part E – Institutions providing protection and redress
Mental health review boards
Judicial oversight
Part F – Assistance and support of other state departments
Assistance and intervention of the South African Police Service
Departments of correctional services, justice, education, public service and administration, social development and finance
Part G – Property of a user and miscellaneous
Care and administration of property of mentally ill persons or persons with severe or profound intellectual disabilities
Miscellaneous
Appendices
Mental Health Care Act 17 of 2002
Mental Health Care Amendment Act 12 of 2014
Mental Health Care Act 17 of 2002: general regulations
Mental Health Care Act forms
Interest / Benefit to
Lawyers
Judges
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Psychiatric nurses
Medical schools
Nursing colleges
Mental health review boards
A Practitioner’s Guide to the Mental Health Care Act explains how the South African mental health system functions for those who implement the Act, those who administer it and those affected by it.
The book outlines and explains how the Mental Health Care Act and its regulations are applied to or administered by assisted users, involuntary users, State patients, the intellectually disabled, mentally ill prisoners, heads of establishments and mental health review boards.
A Practitioner’s Guide to the Mental Health Care Act provides ready access to the law on mental health care in the context of the Constitution, case law and international law.
‘This book will be an invaluable resource in mental health law in South Africa.’
Prof Sean Kaliski, Head of Forensic Psychiatry in the Western Cape.
Content
Part A – Introduction
Mental health care and the Mental Health Care Act
Mental health and intellectual disability care – a medical concept
An introduction to law and international treaties
The rights of mental health care users and the duties of mental health care providers and practitioners
Part B – Administration of the Act
Administrators of the Mental Health Care Act
Part C – Care, treatment and rehabilitation
Health establishments, users and mental health care providers
Emergency treatment or admission without consent
Voluntary users
Assisted users
Involuntary users
Severely or profoundly intellectually disabled users
Part D – Forensic users: Observation, state patients and mentally ill sentenced prisoners
Observation of persons accused of committing crime
State patients
Mentally ill prisoners
Part E – Institutions providing protection and redress
Mental health review boards
Judicial oversight
Part F – Assistance and support of other state departments
Assistance and intervention of the South African Police Service
Departments of correctional services, justice, education, public service and administration, social development and finance
Part G – Property of a user and miscellaneous
Care and administration of property of mentally ill persons or persons with severe or profound intellectual disabilities
Miscellaneous
Appendices
Mental Health Care Act 17 of 2002
Mental Health Care Amendment Act 12 of 2014
Mental Health Care Act 17 of 2002: general regulations
Mental Health Care Act forms
Interest / Benefit to
Lawyers
Judges
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Psychiatric nurses
Medical schools
Nursing colleges
Mental health review boards
Akeso Clinics are South Africa’s foremost psychiatric treatment clinics, providing individual, integrated and family-oriented treatment for a range of psychiatric, psychological and addictive conditions.
All our clinics are staffed by a wide range of medical professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, pharmacists and nurses, all of whom are dedicated to providing the best possible patient care, to ensure the best possible outcome for patients and their loved ones.
Situated in Randburg, Gauteng, Akeso Crescent Clinic offers specialist inpatient and outpatient treatment for a range of psychiatric illnesses through its General Psychiatry, Dual Diagnosis (Adults Unit and Adolescent Unit), Eatind Disorders and Young Adults Units, including anxiety and depression, substance abuse and addiction, eating disorders, ageing disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Akeso Crescent Clinic also offers a specialist service for admitting assisted care patients.
Established in 2004, the clinic aims to provide a safe and comfortable environment where patients can recover and regain their sense of security and self, under the expert care of specialists in both physical and mental health.
Akeso Cresent Clinic prides itself on treating both patients and their loved ones with dignity and respect, delivering clinical excellence in world-class facilities with the ultimate aim of helping patients and their loved ones not only recover, but also understand their illness, and thereby change the direction of their lives.
All our clinics are staffed by a wide range of medical professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, pharmacists and nurses, all of whom are dedicated to providing the best possible patient care, to ensure the best possible outcome for patients and their loved ones.
Situated in Randburg, Gauteng, Akeso Crescent Clinic offers specialist inpatient and outpatient treatment for a range of psychiatric illnesses through its General Psychiatry, Dual Diagnosis (Adults Unit and Adolescent Unit), Eatind Disorders and Young Adults Units, including anxiety and depression, substance abuse and addiction, eating disorders, ageing disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Akeso Crescent Clinic also offers a specialist service for admitting assisted care patients.
Established in 2004, the clinic aims to provide a safe and comfortable environment where patients can recover and regain their sense of security and self, under the expert care of specialists in both physical and mental health.
Akeso Cresent Clinic prides itself on treating both patients and their loved ones with dignity and respect, delivering clinical excellence in world-class facilities with the ultimate aim of helping patients and their loved ones not only recover, but also understand their illness, and thereby change the direction of their lives.
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SADAG
Mental illness, and the stigma surrounding it, is a critical issue in South Africa. The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) is at the forefront of patient advocacy, education and destigmatisation of mental illness in the country. Its expertise lies in assisting patients and callers throughout South Africa with mental health queries. SADAG is a Non-Profit Organisation, a Registered Section 21 Company, with an 18a tax exemption. It has on its board a powerful team of Patients, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and General Practitioners. SADAG was established twenty years ago to serve as a support network for the thousands of South Africans who live with mental health problems. Currently, it is estimated that 1 in 5 people will, or do, suffer from a mental illness. SADAG manages a 16-line counselling-and-referral call centre, and is the voice of patient advocacy, working in urban, peri-urban, and the most rural communities across South Africa. |
