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Being a voluntary patient in a mental health hospital
This easy read information sheet is about staying in hospital for mental health treatment as a voluntary patient. If you decide you need to stay at a mental health hospital it is called a voluntary admission. This resource includes information about leaving hospital, asking to be discharged, when you are not allowed to leave, and what to do if you have not been given the mental health care you need.
- Organisation:
- University of New South Wales
- Topic:
- Mental health, Patient Rights
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- NSW
- Published:
- November 2020
- Last reviewed:
- October 2024
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