Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim

Much of the ancient-day myth concerning mental illness still remains a present day phenomena and it is not surprising to find that in Malaysia, the mentally abnormal/mentally illness patients are very commonly treated as outcast. This project paper is about the Law and its relationship to mentaI iII...

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Main Author:	Hashim, Helena
Format:	Student Project
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Law 1988
Subjects:	K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica. Asia. (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia)
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27979/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27979/1/PPd_HELENA%20HASHIM%20LW%2088_5.pdf

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spelling	uitm-279792020-01-30T08:20:54Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27979/ Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim Hashim, Helena K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica. Asia. (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia) Much of the ancient-day myth concerning mental illness still remains a present day phenomena and it is not surprising to find that in Malaysia, the mentally abnormal/mentally illness patients are very commonly treated as outcast. This project paper is about the Law and its relationship to mentaI iIIness; and important subject. since any of us might suffer from a mental illness and as a result become involved with the Iaw in some way. Not only does one in ten of the population suffer from an actual mental 'illness at some time in life, many more are affected by emotional disturbances. It is the writer's hope that the writing of this paper will arouse greater public interest in the subject and in so doing to further remove the public prejudice heaped upon the unfortunate victims of mental illness. This is important as public cooperation is very necessary for the rapid rehabilitation of these patients. So it is useful for everyone to know something about psychiatry and the law in general, and about their interaction in particular. Faculty of Law 1988 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27979/1/PPd_HELENA%20HASHIM%20LW%2088_5.pdf Hashim, Helena (1988) Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic	K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica. Asia. (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia)
spellingShingle	K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica. Asia. (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia) Hashim, Helena Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim
description	Much of the ancient-day myth concerning mental illness still remains a present day phenomena and it is not surprising to find that in Malaysia, the mentally abnormal/mentally illness patients are very commonly treated as outcast. This project paper is about the Law and its relationship to mentaI iIIness; and important subject. since any of us might suffer from a mental illness and as a result become involved with the Iaw in some way. Not only does one in ten of the population suffer from an actual mental 'illness at some time in life, many more are affected by emotional disturbances. It is the writer's hope that the writing of this paper will arouse greater public interest in the subject and in so doing to further remove the public prejudice heaped upon the unfortunate victims of mental illness. This is important as public cooperation is very necessary for the rapid rehabilitation of these patients. So it is useful for everyone to know something about psychiatry and the law in general, and about their interaction in particular.
format	Student Project
author	Hashim, Helena
author_facet	Hashim, Helena
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title	Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim
title_short	Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim
title_full	Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim
title_fullStr	Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim
title_full_unstemmed	Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim
title_sort	mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / helena hashim
publisher	Faculty of Law
publishDate	1988
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27979/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27979/1/PPd_HELENA%20HASHIM%20LW%2088_5.pdf
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Mental illness and the legal rights of the individual / Helena Hashim

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