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Patient rights booklets: About your rights

Booklets in English and other languages are available for you to download and view or print.

Involuntary patients: About your rights

The files below are in Portable Document format (PDF icon gif) - file size is in brackets

English (589KB) September 2009 Croatian (143KB) September 2008 Somali (154KB) September 2008
English - Large print version (617KB) September 2009 Greek (165KB) September 2008 Spanish (157KB) September 2008
Arabic (175KB) September 2008 Italian (157KB) September 2008 Turkish (142KB) September 2008
Cambodian (297KB) September 2008 Macedonian (154KB) September 2008 Vietnamese (151KB) September 2008
Chinese (358KB) September 2008 Serbian (154KB) September 2008  

Restricted involuntary treatment orders: About your rights

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English (640KB) September 2009 Croatian (153KB) September 2008 Somali (149KB) September 2008
English - Large print version (639KB) September 2009 Greek (182KB) September 2008 Spanish (144KB) September 2008
Arabic (176KB) September 2008 Italian (174KB)September 2008 Turkish (157KB) September 2008
Cambodian (329KB) September 2008 Macedonian (180KB) September 2008 Vietnamese (187KB) September 2008
Chinese (378KB) September 2008 Serbian (183KB) September 2008  

Security patients: About your rights

The files below are in Portable Document format (PDF icon gif) - file size is in brackets

English (631KB) September 2009 Croatian (150KB) September 2008 Somali (134KB) September 2008
English - Large print version (638KB) September 2009 Greek (173KB) September 2008 Spanish (137KB) September 2008
Arabic (174KB) September 2008 Italian (157KB) September 2008 Turkish (145KB) September 2008
Cambodian (332KB) September 2008 Macedonian (165KB) September 2008 Vietnamese (186KB) September 2008
Chinese (344KB) September 2008 Serbian (169KB) September 2008  

Forensic patients: About your rights

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English (611KB) September 2009

 Italian (141KB) September 2008
English - Large print version (638KB) September 2009 Turkish (149KB) September 2008  
Arabic (185KB) September 2008    
Cambodian (275KB) September 2008    

 

    

Electroconvulsive therapy: About your rights

The files below are in Portable Document format (PDF icon gif) - file size is in brackets

English (586KB) September 2009 Croatian (139KB) September 2008 Somali (124KB) September 2008
English - Large print version (601KB) September 2009 Greek (159KB) September 2008 Spanish (128KB) September 2008
Arabic (165KB) September 2008 Italian (124KB) September 2008 Turkish (135KB) September 2008
Cambodian (206KB) September 2008 Macedonian (148KB) September 2008 Vietnamese (147KB) September 2008
Chinese (369KB) September 2008 Serbian (149KB) September 2008  

Major non-psychiatric treatment: About your rights

The files below are in Portable Document format (PDF icon gif)

English (555KB) September 2009 Croatian (121KB) September 2008 Somali (110KB) September 2008
English - Large print version (574KB) September 2009 Greek (136KB) September 2008 Spanish (112KB) September 2008
Arabic (137KB) September 2008 Italian (110KB) September 2008 Turkish (120KB) September 2008
Cambodian (182KB) September 2008 Macedonian (127KB) September 2008 Vietnamese (129KB) September 2008
Chinese (291KB) September 2008 Serbian (130KB) September 2008  

Non-custodial supervision orders: About your rights

The files below are in Portable Document format (PDF icon gif) - file size is in brackets

English (569KB) September 2009
English - Large print version (604KB) September 2009

Forensic (remand and interim disposition order) patients: About your rights

The files below are in Portable Document format (PDF icon gif) - file size is in brackets

English (608KB) September 2009

English - Large print version (642KB) September 2009

Continuing treatment (section 12A-12D) involuntary patients: About your rights

The files below are in Portable Document format (PDF icon gif) - file size is in brackets

English (620KB) September 2009
English - Large print version (584KB) September 2009

Assessment orders - Diagnosis, assessment and treatment orders: About your rights

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English (608KB) September 2009
English - Large print version (601KB) September 2009

Psychosurgery: About your rights

English - (611KB) September 2009
English - Large print version (613KB) September 2009
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Last updated: 15 October, 2009
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