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The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 of Singapore [1] was passed in 2008 to regulate the involuntary detention of a person in a psychiatric institution for the treatment of a mental disorder, or in the interest of the health and safety of the person or the persons around him. [2]
The Mental Health Act is an Ontario law that regulates the administration of mental health care in the province. The main purpose of the legislation is to regulate the involuntary admission of people into a psychiatric hospital. Since the changes brought about in 2000 under Bill 68 (often referred to as Brian's Law, named after Brian Smith who ...
Psychiatry. Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of deleterious mental conditions. [ 1][ 2] These include various matters related to mood, behaviour, cognition, perceptions, and emotions.
Chapter V focuses on "mental and behavioural disorders" and consists of 10 main groups: [ 12] F0 – F9: Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders. F10 – F-19: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of psychoactive substances. F20 – F25: Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders. F30 – F39: Mood [affective] disorders.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022 [ 1]) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria. It is the main book for the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders ...
This article lists mental disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition , published by the American Psychiatry Association (APA) in May 1994. [1] The DSM-IV superseded the DSM-III-R (1987) and was later updated with the DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision) in July 2000.
Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. [ 1] Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly mental issues.
The mental status examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in neurological and psychiatric practice. It is a structured way of observing and describing a patient's psychological functioning at a given point in time, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perception, cognition, insight, and ...