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Mental Health Acts and out-of-hospital care: Legislative boundaries and the paramedic role in Australian mental health legislation: Collated tables 1 to 7

Flinders University
Julie Mary Henderson (Aggregated by) Louise Roberts (Aggregated by) Stacey Masters (Aggregated by)
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Data Tables: Collated from Australian Mental Health Legislation

Table 1: Definition of mental illness in Australian Mental Health Acts

Table 2: Exclusionary Criteria

Table 3: Risk: Harm to Self, Others and / or the need for Medical Review

Table 4: Criteria for determining capacity in current Australian mental health legislation

Table 5: How are paramedics defined in Australian Mental Health Acts

Table 6: Least Restrictive Principles mentioned in Australian Mental Health Acts

Table 7: Paramedic powers as outlined in legislation in relation to detention and restraint across Australian jurisdictions




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Australian Mental Health Legislation | Definitions | Medical and health law | Mental health and emergency care | Mental health services | Paramedicine | Risk |

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