Mental Health Ordinance, Pakistan
This mini-course covers the Mental Health Act, Forensic Psychiatry, and the related laws operating in Pakistan.
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Section 1. Short title, extent, and commencement
Section 2. Definitions
Section 3. Federal Mental Health Authority
Section 4. Constitution of the Board of Visitors
Section 5. Powers and functions of the Board
Section 6. Establishment of psychiatric facilities by the Government
Section 7. Care in the Community
Section 8. Care and Treatment on an informal or voluntary basis
Section 9. Duration for periods of detention for assessment, treatment, urgent admission, and emergency holding
Section 10. Admission for assessment
Section 11. Admission for treatment
Section 12. Admission for assessment in cases of urgency
Section 13. Emergency Holding
Section 14. Emergency Powers
Section 15. Application by Whom to Be Presented
Section 16. Effect of Application for Admission
Section 17. General provisions as to applications and medical recommendations
Section 18. Rectification of applications and recommendations
Section 19. Mentally disordered persons found in public places
Section 20. Order of leave
Section 21. Discharge of a patient
Section 22. Application by a patient for discharge.
Section 23. Discharge of a detained person found not to be mentally disordered after Assessment
Section 24. Duty of hospital management to inform relatives of the discharge
Section 25. Application for discharge to Magistrate
Section 26. Notice about serious illness or death
Section 27. Transfer and removal
Section 28. Foreign nationals
Section 29. Judicial proceedings
Section 30. Regulation of proceedings of the Court of Protection
Section 31. Inquiry by subordinate Court on commission issued by the Court of Protection and proceedings thereon
Section 32. Appointment of guardian
Section 33. Management of property of a mentally disordered person
Section 34. Responsibility of the manager
Section 35. The allowance payable to the guardian
Section 36. Powers of the manager of the property of the mentally disordered person
Section 37. Furnishing an inventory of immovable property, etc.
Section 38. Inquiry by Court of Protection in certain cases
Section 39. Disposal of business premises under the direction of Court of Protection
Section 40. Investment of assets of a mentally disordered person
Section 41. Appointment of a new manager or guardian
Section 42. Dissolution of partnership
Section 43. Securities, etc., of a mentally disordered person
Section 44. Maintenance during temporary mental disorder
Section 45. Inquiry by Court of Protection into a cessation of mental disorder
Section 46. Appeal to High Court
Section 47. Liability to meet the cost of maintenance of a patient admitted in a psychiatric facility
Section 48. Maintenance out of pay, pension, etc.
Section 49. Cases of attempted suicide.
Section 50. Confidentiality
Section 51. Informed consent.
Section 52. Penalty for making a false statement
Section 53. Indemnity
Section 54. Inspection of mentally disordered prisoners
Section 55. Forensic psychiatric services
Section 56. Specialized Psychiatric Treatments
Section 57. Provisions for public and private sector psychiatric facilities.
Section 58. Removal of difficulties
Section 59. Power to Make Rules
Section 60. Ordinance to override
Section 61. Repeal and saving
Infanticide
Subtance Abuse
Forensic Psychiatry- Areas under
What a forensic psychiatrist needs to know
Ethical Issues in FrPsych
Ethical Issues in FrPsych
General Criminology
General Criminology
General Criminology
Crime Research
Victims of Crime
Psychosocial Causes
Association between Mental Illness and Crime
The nature of association
Learning Disability
Mood disorder
Mood disorder
Mood disorder
Mood disorder
Schizophrenia and related
Pathological jealousy
Delirium
PTSD
Specific Offender Groups
Psychiatric Aspects of Specific Crimes
Crimes of Violence
Homicide
Normal and Abnormal Homicide
Multiple Homicide
Multiple Homicide
Multiple Homicide
Homicide followed by Suicide
Family Homicide
Domestic Violence
Sexually Violent offences
Role of the psychiatrist in the criminal courts
Mental state, intention and responsibility
Children
Children
Competence to Stand trial
Advice on medical treatment
The role of psychiatrist
The assessment
Automatism
Assessment of murders
Diminished responsibility
Treatment of offenders with Mental Illness
The psychiatric report
Setting
Preparing the report
Headings for the court report
Appearing in court
Psychiatric aspects of being victim
Psychological impact
Rape
Burglary and robbery
Murder
Terrorist crimes
Terrorist crimes
Management
Legal insanity
Legal insanity
Infanticide
Fitness to be punished
Juvenile Offenders
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