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Compulsory admission to mental hospital in Thailand and England

A visitor's view

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Kupituksa ,
J. F. Macmillan  and
K. L. Soothill
P. Kupituksa
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Somdet Chaopraya Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand and Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster
J. F. Macmillan
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham and Honorary Consultant to Academic Unit, All Saints Hospital, Lodge Road, Birmingham B18 5SO
K. L. Soothill
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster, Lancaster
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There are national differences relating to compulsory admission to mental hospitals. As a visitor from Thailand, it was of interest to me (PK) to compare procedures relating to admission, treatment and aftercare of the mentally ill in England and Thailand. In Thailand there is no equivalent of the Mental Health Act 1983. Although there are some legal provisions affecting patients' rights in Thai law, there are no legal provisions concerning ‘detained’ patients in mental hospitals.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 7 , July 1989 , pp. 355 - 357
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References

Soothill, K. L. et al (1981) Social control of deviants in six countries. Medical Science of Law, 21, 31–40.Google Scholar
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