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Wed 11 Nov 2006Major new mental health law long awaited
Significant changes were made recently to the law governing how a person may be detained under the mental health acts. Darius Whelan explains
Following decades of delay, Ireland's reformed mental health law is finally in force. The main immediate practical difference will be that as of November 1st, 2006, every involuntary detention in a psychiatric hospital or unit must normally be reviewed by a three-person Mental Health Tribunal within 21 days.
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