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The Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland or Lunacy Commission for Scotland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in Scotland.

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Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland

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The Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland or Lunacy Commission for Scotland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 to oversee...

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Commissioners in Lunacy

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mentally ill people in England and Wales. It succeeded the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy. The predecessors of the Commissioners in Lunacy were the Metropolitan...

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Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland

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The Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland or Lunacy Commission for Ireland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 to oversee asylums...

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Mental Deficiency Act 1913

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equivalent piece of legislation the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy Act (Scotland) 1913 covered Scotland. "Mental Health (History) Dictionary". Studymore. Retrieved...

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Lunacy Act 1890

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The Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. It placed an obligation on local...

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Lunacy Act

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Lunacy (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1887 was the collective title of the following Acts: The Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 71) The Lunacy (Scotland)...

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Lunacy Act 1845

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commission from its founding in 1845 until his death in 1885. The Lunacy Commission was made up of eleven Metropolitan Commissioners. The commission was monumental...

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Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency

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the Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Home Office however it was independent in that it reported to the Lord Chancellor who had responsibility for investigating...

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Mental Health Act 1983

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compelled to provide an asylum for "pauper lunatics", who were removed from workhouses into the aforementioned asylums. The Lunacy Commission was established...

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Mental Capacity Act 2005

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Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 Mental Health Act 1983 Mental Health Act 2007 Department of Health summary Summary from direct.gov Easy Read Summary in Plain...

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Mental Health Act 2007

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Retrieved 1 April 2015. In Scotland, these matters are covered by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and in Northern Ireland, by...

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Scottish Office

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boards such as the Board of Supervision for Poor Relief (1845–1894), the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy (1857–1913) and the Scotch Education Department...

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Moral treatment

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appointment as a Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland, and by his election to the Presidency of the Medico-Psychological Association in 1866. Browne's eldest...

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Fixated Threat Assessment Centre

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often be identified in advance of any incidents from precursor behavioural signs. Preventive treatment could then be applied, for the protection of the...

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Madhouses Act 1774

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Roberts, s. 2 Annual Register for the year 1774. London: printed for J. Dodsley, 1778. Second edition. Roberts, Andrew. The Lunacy Commission Section 2: The...

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Diminished responsibility in English law

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1983 to ensure treatment rather than punishment in appropriate cases. Thus, when the actus reus (Latin for "guilty act") of death is accompanied by an objective...

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Bellsdyke Hospital

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April 2018. Reports of the Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland, 1879-1883. University of Stirling Archives: Neill and Company, for Her Majesty's Stationery...

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John Sibbald

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Aesculapian Club. From 1879 to 1899 he was Commissioner of Lunacy for Scotland. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1899 for his contributions to medicine. He...

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Mental capacity in England and Wales

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is likely to be beyond the life of this Parliament. Madhouses Act 1774 Lunacy Act 1845 Idiots Act 1886 Mental Deficiency Act 1913 Mental Deficiency Act...

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Idiots Act 1886

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and "moral defectives". "Chronological and alphabetical bibliographies of lunacy". studymore.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2010. "Idiots Act, 1886". Journal...

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Lunatic

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named luna. In the jurisdiction of England and Wales, the Madhouses Act 1774 originated what later became Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, under the...

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Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817

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Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817 was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made Ireland the first nation in the world to require a...

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