Niedersächsisches Gesetz über Hilfen und Schutzmaßnahmen für psychisch Kranke (NPsychKG) (Lower Saxon Law on support and protection for people with mental health problems)
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Lower Saxony
16 June 1997
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Bezüglich Menschen mit psychischen Krankheiten bestehen in Deutschland Gesetze der einzelnen Bundesländer über „Schutz“ und „Hilfen“ für Menschen mit psychischen Problemen, welche ihnen das Recht auf ein eigenverantwortliches und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der Gemeinschaft sicherstellen sollen, jedoch auch die zuständigen Behörden ermächtigen, im Falle akuter Selbst- oder Fremdgefährdung den Erkrankten gegen seinen Willen in einem psychiatrischen Fachkrankenhaus unterzubringen. Das vorliegende Gesetz regelt diese Vorschriften für das Land Niedersachsen. Das Gesetz wurde am 27.01.2014 in die MiNDbank hochgeladen.In Germany mental health laws are formulated on a state level. The mental health law for the state of Lower Saxony provides standards on "protection" and "support" for people with mental health problems, which are intended to ensure their right to live an autonomous and self-determined life in the community, but also to empower responsible authorities to hospitalize people in acute danger of self-harm or harm to others. The law was uploaded to the MiNDbank on 27/01/2014.
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