Mental health laws
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Scope of this subject
Here are entered works on laws dealing with the care of the mentally ill, and people with mental disabilities. Works on the legal concept of insanity are entered under the heading [Insanity (Law).]
Scope note supplied by the Library of Congress authority record.
Names and connections
Law and mental illness; Mental disability law; Mental health--Law and legislation; Mental illness and law; Mental illness--Law and legislation; Mentally ill--Legal status, laws, etc.; People with mental disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Narrower: Behavior modification--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Child psychotherapy--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Community mental health services for children--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Community mental health services--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Conversion therapy--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Discrimination against the mentally ill--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Discrimination in mental health services--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Family psychotherapy--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Homeless persons--Mental health services--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Mental health boards--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Mental health facilities--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Mental health personnel--Malpractice
- Narrower: Mental health services--Medical records--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Mentally ill--Commitment and detention
- Narrower: Psychiatric hospitals--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Psychological abuse--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Psychosurgery--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Psychotherapy--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Sex between psychotherapist and patient--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Social work with people with mental disabilities--Law and legislation
- Narrower: Therapeutic communities--Law and legislation
Up to 40 narrower headings are shown. Full Library of Congress authority record
Local answer status
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Numeric address and provenance
Morton address: 9547842333438248516 · morton4x16-v1
Coordinates: (0, 20, 18711, 43008). The address interleaves categorical identifier bits. Nearby addresses are not guaranteed to describe semantically similar subjects.
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