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Policy Statements

International

• Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental health care -  Adopted by General Assembly resolution 46/119 of 17 December 1991. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, Switzerland.

• WHO: Policy and services - Mental health policy is an organized set of values, principles and objectives for improving mental health and reducing the burden of mental disorders in a population.

Australia

• Mental Health Law: Policy index NSW - An index of policy information relating to mental Health Legislation in NSW.

• Mental Health Legal Centre Inc. - Law Reform Policy / Research. We undertake research and policy work in relation to mental health and the law. Victoria.

• National Mental Health Policy - The National Mental Health Policy is the joint statement by the Australian Health Ministers of the Commonwealth, States and Territories of Australia which is intended to set a clear direction for the future development of mental health services within Australia

• Purro Birik (Healthy Spirit) - Victoria, Australia. Koori Mental Health Policy Project Discussion Paper June 1999

UK

• NHS Policy and Guidance - In these pages you will find policy and consultation documents, implementation guides and good practice examples that have been developed to facilitate this process of change. Department of Health.

USA

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - U.S. nonprofit legal advocacy organisation for low-income children and adults with mental disabilities.

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