Mental health legislation in Bulgaria – a brief overview

Hristo Hinkov

doi:10.1192/S2056474000001422

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

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Hristo Hinkov*: Affiliation:
National Centre for Public Health and Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria, email mhproject@mbox.contact.bg

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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.

Type: Mental Health Law Profile
Information: BJPsych International , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , November 2016 , pp. 92 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/S2056474000001422 [Opens in a new window]
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Copyright: Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016

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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