Mental Treatment Act 1930 Explained

Short Title:	Mental Treatment Act 1930
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to amend the Lunacy Acts, 1890 to 1922, and such of the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913 to 1927, as relate to the constitution and organisation of the work of the Board of Control, the exercise of the powers of the Board and the protection of persons putting those Acts into operation.
Year:	1930
Citation:	20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 23
Royal Assent:	10 July 1930
Repealing Legislation:	Mental Health Act 1959
Status:	repealed

The Mental Treatment Act 1930 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom permitting voluntary admission to, and outpatient treatment within, psychiatric hospitals.^{[1] [2]} It also replaced the term "asylum" with "mental hospital".^[2]

It was repealed by the Mental Health Act 1959.

Further reading

• Digital Reproduction of the Original Act on the Parliamentary Archives catalogue

Notes and References

1. Web site: The history of mental health and community care - key dates . Mind . 2010-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100830151918/http://www.mind.org.uk/help/research_and_policy/the_history_of_mental_health_and_community_care-key_dates . August 30, 2010 .
2. Web site: Mental Health Act Reform. Psychiatric Bulletin. 1999 . 2010-07-31.