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Mental health legislation in Bulgaria – a brief overview

Part of: BJPsych International Mental Health Law Profile Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Hristo Hinkov
Hristo Hinkov*
Affiliation:
National Centre for Public Health and Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria, email [email protected]
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Bulgaria has never had a separate law on mental health. Issues such as mandatory treatment, guardianship and legal capacity were regulated in the People's Health Act, which was in force until 2005, when it was replaced by a new Health Act. That Act has a chapter relating specifically to mental health, and this article describes its provisions.

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Mental Health Law Profile
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BJPsych International , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , November 2016 , pp. 92 - 93
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (2001) In-patient Psychiatric Care in Bulgaria and Human Rights [in Bulgarian]. BHC. Available at http://www.bghelsinki.org/media/uploads/books/statsionarnatapsikhiatrichna-pomoshch-v-blgariia-i-pravata-na-choveka.pdf (accessed 1 September 2016).Google Scholar
Legal World (2013) Remove the full guardianship for people with disabilities [in Bulgarian]. Available at http://legalworld.bg/28205.premahvane-na-pylnoto-zapreshtenie-za-hora-s-uvrejdaniia.html (accessed 1 September 2016).Google Scholar
National Centre for Public Health and Analysis (2013) Health 2013 [in Bulgarian]. Ministry of Health. Available at http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/FullT/FulltOpen/ZDR_47_2012_2013.pdf (accessed 1 September 2016).Google Scholar

Online sources (in Bulgarian)

Criminal Procedure code, http://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135512224 Google Scholar
Family Code, http://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135637484 Google Scholar
Health Act, http://www.lex.bg/laws/ldoc%20/2135489147 Google Scholar
Law of Persons and the Family, http://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2121624577 Google Scholar
Penal Code, http://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/1589654529 Google Scholar
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