Mental+Health+Act+1993+(NSW)

=__//Mental Health Act 1993 (NSW)//__=

The Australian Government's objectives in regards to the mentally ill are set out in the //Mental Health Act 1993 (NSW).// This act includes details about the treatments of people with mental illnesses, both within hospitals and also within the community as a whole. The basic idea of the least restrictive care possible is a fundamental aspect to the //Mental Health Act 1993// (which may be viewed at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/mha1993128/), as it served to guarantee that people suffering from mental illness's do not have their rights infringed any more than which is required in order to assure both their own safety, and also the safety of people around them. The underlying principles of the //Mental Health Act 1993 (NSW)// include:


 * The basic idea of least restrictive care
 * An emphasis on community-based care, with hospitalisation only where absolutly necesarry
 * Recognition and protecvtion of the rights of patients
 * The establishment of the Mental Health Review Tribunal
 * Recognition of the need for regular review of patients, especially those who are involuntary, and
 * To provide a practicable legal definition of mental illness