Mental Health Act review to be published next month

By Gary Culliton. A Review of the Mental Health Act 2001 is to be published before the end of June, Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch has pledged. Responding to Dáil questioning by Fine Gael Deputy Terence Flanagan, Minister Lynch said she established an Expert Group in August last year to carry out the second and substantive phase of the review. Involuntary admission of a person to an approved centre — on the grounds that they are suffering from a mental disorder — are governed by the Mental Health Act 2001. The Act sets out the…