中国精神卫生法中的康复问题(英文)

Rehabilitation in the Mental Health Law of the People′s Republic of China

Mental health laws and acts usually have a long history behind them when they are eventually adopted. In most jurisdictions the time spent between initial discussions and drafts and the formal adoption

Mental health laws and acts usually have a long history behind them when they are eventually adopted. In most jurisdictions the time spent between initial discussions and drafts and the formal adoption of mental health legislation is not less than 10 years. Lesser regulatory instruments, such as ministerial decrees, orders of service＇and the like have a more immediate effect, although they tend to draw less attention and debate. In many cases the content of the law simply confirms and codifies the practice of mental health services as it existed over the extended period of drafting the law.[1] Things have not been different with the Mental Health Law of the People＇s Republic of China,t2] recently adopted after more than 15 drafts and 20 years of debate. Although it will not come into force until May 2013, its influence could already be perceived in practice throughout China over the last decades because its successive drafts （or section of them） were de facto implemented by mental health authorities in diverse Chinese provinces.