Mental Illness
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitting, or occur as a single episode. Many disorders have been described, with signs and symptoms that vary widely between specific disorders. Such disorders may be diagnosed by a mental health professional. The causes of mental disorders are often unclear. Theories may incorporate findings from a range of fields. Mental disorders are usually defined by a combination of how a person behaves, feels, perceives, or thinks. This …
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Laws.Africa · 25 October 2022 English
dependency, chemical dependency, disordered eating, mental illness or addictions; (d) critical illness or conditions …
Laws.Africa · 19 August 2022 English
lapsed after such person has recovered from the mental illness or mental defect in question and is discharged … lapsed after such person has recovered from the mental illness or mental defect in question and is discharged …
Laws.Africa · 1 July 2022 English
(c) if the member, because of any physical or mental illness or disability, has become incapable of performing …
Laws.Africa · 6 April 2022 English
efficiently; (d) if, due to any physical or mental illness or any other cause, such member becomes incapable …
Laws.Africa · 28 January 2022 English
Act, 1977, that the person is by reason of mental illness or mental defect not capable of understanding … make a proper defence or was, by reason of mental illness or mental defect, not criminally responsible … lapsed after such person has recovered from the mental illness or mental defect in question and is discharged …
Laws.Africa · 3 December 2021 English
registration of children with disabilities, mental illness and enrolment of expectant mothers into the …
Laws.Africa · 11 October 2021 English
treatment or prevention of a physical or mental illness; or (b) any curative or therapeutic purpose …
Laws.Africa · 17 September 2021 English
physical or intellectual disability, physical or mental illness or lack of education; “pro bono \egal service” …
Laws.Africa · 23 August 2021 English
inmate in custody. Escort for female inmates, Mental illness. To have escaped from a mental hospital. … Removing an inmate with mental illness to a psychiatric hospital. Original warrant of the Inmate being …
Laws.Africa · 30 July 2021 English
population surveys of the prevalence and burden of mental illness in South Africa and a national evaluation …
