mental health law

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Cage People 0 (0)

2013/07/16 China Law Translate 4

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Could 1 in 725 of all people in China’s Hebei province be living in a cage? No metaphor. An actual cage. A survey by the provinces leading authorities indicate that this might be the case, but how does this happen and can the new Mental Health Law help?

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Still Crazy After All These Years? 0 (0)

2013/05/20 Jeremy Daum 0

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Still Crazy After All These Years:: Over a Quarter-Century after China Began Drafting its Mental Health Law, a system for regulating compulsory treatment and involuntary commitment is promulgated. This original essay with downloadable charts explains and compares China’s new rules for commitment of the mentally ill.