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Mental health law in Finland

Part of: BJPsych International Mental Health Law Profile Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Allan Seppänen  and
Markku Eronen
Allan Seppänen
Affiliation:
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland, email allan.seppanen@vvs.fi
Markku Eronen
Affiliation:
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland
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Abstract

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A tradition of Romano-Germanic or civil law defines the legal system in Finland. Laws of relevance to psychiatry are the 1990 Mental Health Act and, insofar as it pertains to forensic psychiatry, the Criminal Law (1889) and the Law on State Mental Hospitals (1987, revised 1997). These are outlined in the present paper.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , November 2012 , pp. 91 - 93
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