Legal regulation of mental healthcare provision in Russia

N. G. Neznanov; V. Vasileva

doi:10.1192/S205647400000009X

BJPsych International (Feb 2015)

Legal regulation of mental healthcare provision in Russia

N. G. Neznanov,
V. Vasileva

Affiliations

N. G. Neznanov: 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: Department of International Cooperation, St Petersburg V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, Russia, email

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/S205647400000009X
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12
pp. 17 – 18

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.

Published in BJPsych International

ISSN: 2056-4740 (Print); 2058-6264 (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-international

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