UK Mental health acts

Mental Health Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to Mental health law.

The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Mental Health Bill during its passage through Parliament.

India

 * The Mental Health Act, 1987

New Zealand

 * The Mental health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992

Republic of Ireland

 * The Mental Health Act 2001

United Kingdom

 * The Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72)
 * The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 (c. 51)
 * The Mental Health Act 1983, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
 * The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
 * The Mental Health (Detention) (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 47)
 * The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1994 (c. 6)
 * The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c. 52)
 * The Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999 (asp 1)
 * The Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1999 (c. 32)
 * The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, an Act of the Scottish Parliament
 * The Mental Health Act 2007, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
 * The Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 7)
 * The Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013 (c. 8)

United States

 * The National Mental Health Act of 1946, which called for the establishment of a National Institute of Mental Health
 * The Community Mental Health Act, created by John F. Kennedy in 1963 as part of his New Frontier
 * The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996