Abstract
There are national differences relating to compulsory admission to mental hospitals. As a visitor from Thailand, it was of interest to me (PK) to compare procedures relating to admission, treatment and aftercare of the mentally ill in England and Thailand. In Thailand there is no equivalent of the Mental Health Act 1983. Although there are some legal provisions affecting patients' rights in Thai law, there are no legal provisions concerning ‘detained’ patients in mental hospitals.
Highlights
Despite the fact that there is no legal provision for cboemcpounlssiodreyredadmtoishsiaovne, 'tehsecraepeadre' pwateireenttshewyhotowloeuavlde hospital, and who may be compared with those admitted or detained under sections of the Mental Health Act 1983
The doctor has freedom to give any treatment to the patient and is in a more powerful position than a doctor in a country which uses a Mental Health Act
A full list of references is available on request from Dr Macmillan
Summary
P. KUPITUKSAH, ead of Research Unit, Psychology Department, Somdet Chaopraya Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand and Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster; J. As a visitor from Thailand, it was of interest to me (PK) to compare procedures relating to admission, treatment and aftercare of the mentally ill in England and Thailand. AAtilethnotsu'ghrigthhtesreinaTrehasiolmawe ,lethgearlepraore no legal provisions concerning 'detained' patients in mental hospitals. Despite the fact that there is no legal provision for cboemcpounlssiodreyredadmtoishsiaovne, 'tehsecraepeadre' pwateireenttshewyhotowloeuavlde hospital, and who may be compared with those admitted or detained under sections of the Mental Health Act 1983. There are particular difficulties relat ing to the absence of catchment areas, as it is not uncommon for patients to be admitted to Somdet Chaopraya Hospital in Bangkok from distant rural areas, which places even more responsibility upon families
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