NUR1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mental Health Tribunal
1. What is the intention of the mental health legislation? *
To esure the perso’s rights are alaed ith the eed to proide are.
2. What is the definition of mental illness? *
• Historially diffiult to defie.
• Defiitios differ soehat aross Australian states.
• A edial oditio that is haraterised y a liially sigifiat disturae of thought, ood,
perception or memory.
3. What is NOT considered to be mental illness? *
Many possible responses here but the key point is that just because a person has vastly different views
on a given issue (e.g., religion, politics, sexual preference) or engages in immoral or antisocial behaviour,
does not necessarily mean they are mentally ill.
4. What are the criteria for a person to be involuntarily admitted to hospital? *
• This ours he a perso is aditted for edial treatet agaist his or her ishes.
• I soe irustaes the perso has o legal apaity to gie or ithhold oset.
• May our he there is a risk of self-harm or harm to others or when there are obvious signs of
deterioratio i the perso’s etal health.
5. When can a person receive compulsory treatment? *
• The Metal Health At prootes olutary i preferee to opulsory treatet.
• The Metal Health Triual may make a treatment order for a person subject to temporary treatment.
• A Treatet Order eales a psyhiatrist to proide opulsory treatet.
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