Massachusetts Lunacy Laws

Psychiatric Health Laws in Pakistan: From Lunacy to Mental Health

1105 The South Asian country of Pakistan is the sixth most populous nation in the world. Although modern-day Pakistan came into being only 58 years ago, it is heir to a rich historical heritage spanning thousands of years, fi rst records of which date back to the 4,000-yearold Indus valley civilization. The sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Pakistan today are shown in Table ...

Scottish Lunacy and Mental Deficiency Laws *Report of the Committee on the Scottish Lunacy and Mental Deficiency Laws. H.M. Stationery Office, London and Edinburgh. 2s.

" unfit to plead ", the Committee did not consider that there was need for any further safeguarding in this respect. (From this view, Professor D. K. Henderson dissented in a memorandum published at the end of the Report.) It is recommended, however, that the provisions of Section 8 (1) of the English Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 (giving Courts power to send a defective to an Institution instead...

Lunacy Reform

^JNDER this title there has recently been issued the report of the proceedings at a conference convened by Sir Frederick Willis, Chairman of the Board of Control, at which there were present Commissioners of the Board, Chairmen of Visiting Committees and Medical Superintendents of County and Borough Mental Hospitals. They met to consider " in what directions lunacy administration and the treatm...

Inspectors of Lunacy for Scotland

Lunacy Bristol Fashion

services were provided for the well to do. During the 17th and 18th Centuries the provision of private services was a growth industry, as unfortunately it has again become in the latter part of the 20th Century. The private mad houses were frequently run by charlatans and were regarded with grave suspicion. This public unease became evident towards the end of the 18th Century when the treatment...