Voluntary/Involuntary Confinement (jan 1, 1930 – jan 1, 1959)

Description:

* Place: Mental Hospitals, Colonies for the Mentally Defectives,
* Authority: Physicians (validation from Magistrates or Public officials)
* Certification Provisions: One or more physicians, Standardized Templates, Strong Regulation of Examination Procedures, Facts of Insanity
* Term of confinement: Undefined
* Emphasis on Voluntary Confinement and Prevention of Mental Defectiveness
* Examples:
* Mental Treatment Act 1930

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