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Legal regulation of mental healthcare provision in Russia

Part of: BJPsych International Mental Health Law Profile Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

N. G. Neznanov  and
V. Vasileva
N. G. Neznanov
Affiliation:
Russian Society of Psychiatrists World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry (WADP) St Petersburg V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, Russia Federal Service on Surveillance in Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation
V. Vasileva
Affiliation:
Department of International Cooperation, St Petersburg V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, Russia, email annavdoc@yahoo.com
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Abstract

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The article describes the changes that have taken place in the mental healthcare system in Russia since a new mental health law came into force. The focus is on involuntary hospitalisation and the guarantee of patients' rights.

Type
Mental Health Law Profiles
Information
BJPsych International , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 2015 , pp. 17 - 18
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015

References

World Health Organization (1992) The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders (10th revision) (ICD-10). WHO.Google Scholar
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