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In This Country, You Have The Right To Ignore Your Bosses After Hours
Australians can ignore their bosses outside of work hours, according to a new law brought to tackle work-related mental health issues.
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Japanese Prefecture Passes New Law Encouraging Residents To Laugh Daily
In a one-of-a-kind move, a local government in Japan's Yamagata prefecture has passed a law calling on residents to laugh at least once every day in a bid to promote better physical and mental health.
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"Bipartisan, Life-Saving": US Senate Passes Gun Control Bill After Decades
US senators advanced a bipartisan bill late Thursday addressing the epidemic of gun violence convulsing the country, approving a narrow package of new firearms restrictions and billions of dollars in mental health and school security funding.
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NLU Delhi Launches Courses On Forensics, Mental Health, Technology Law And Policy
Research centres at the National Law University (NLU) Delhi – Project39A and Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) – have launched digital courses on forensics, mental health, and technology law and policy.
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UK Judge Rejects Julian Assange's Extradition To US
A British judge ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law, saying his mental health problems meant he would be at risk of suicide.
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Top Court Sends Notice To Centre On Plea Over Mental Health Law
The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from the Centre and the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) on a plea alleging violation of provisions of Mental health law, which deals with right to equality and non-discrimination.
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Government Decriminalises Suicide, Notifies New Law
Attempting suicide is no more a crime in India and there will be no more electric shocks for mentally ill children, as per the new Mental Healthcare Act 2017 notified by the Health Ministry on May 29, a year after it was passed.
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Suicide Attempt By People With Mental Disabilities Not Punishable, Says New Law
Attempts to commit suicide by people with mental disabilities will not be punishable under a new law that has got assent from President Pranab Mukherjee.
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Mental Health Bill 2016: The Parliament Decriminalises Attempt to Commit Suicide
The Bill gives mentally ill people a right to confidentiality in respect to mental health, mental health care, treatment and physical healthcare.
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Trump Says He 'Brilliantly' Exploited Tax Laws After Massive Loss In 1990s
Donald Trump on Monday launched an aggressive defense of a massive business loss in the 1990s that would have enabled him to skip paying federal income taxes for 18 years, while also wading into a new controversy by suggesting that soldiers and veterans with mental health problems are not "strong" and "can't handle it."
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US Navy Yard shooting: Investigators review erratic behavior of gunman
Investigators focused on the erratic behavior of a former US Navy reservist who law enforcement officials say had reported hearing voices before he shot dead 12 people at a military base in Washington this week. The national conversation turned once again to mental health, and to gun control.
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US cops push for background checks on gun purchases
Law enforcement leaders who met with President Barack Obama on Monday urged him to focus on strengthening gun purchase background checks and mental health systems, but did not unify behind his more controversial gun control efforts.
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In This Country, You Have The Right To Ignore Your Bosses After Hours
Australians can ignore their bosses outside of work hours, according to a new law brought to tackle work-related mental health issues.
-
Japanese Prefecture Passes New Law Encouraging Residents To Laugh Daily
In a one-of-a-kind move, a local government in Japan's Yamagata prefecture has passed a law calling on residents to laugh at least once every day in a bid to promote better physical and mental health.
-
"Bipartisan, Life-Saving": US Senate Passes Gun Control Bill After Decades
US senators advanced a bipartisan bill late Thursday addressing the epidemic of gun violence convulsing the country, approving a narrow package of new firearms restrictions and billions of dollars in mental health and school security funding.
-
NLU Delhi Launches Courses On Forensics, Mental Health, Technology Law And Policy
Research centres at the National Law University (NLU) Delhi – Project39A and Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) – have launched digital courses on forensics, mental health, and technology law and policy.
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UK Judge Rejects Julian Assange's Extradition To US
A British judge ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law, saying his mental health problems meant he would be at risk of suicide.
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Top Court Sends Notice To Centre On Plea Over Mental Health Law
The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from the Centre and the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) on a plea alleging violation of provisions of Mental health law, which deals with right to equality and non-discrimination.
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Government Decriminalises Suicide, Notifies New Law
Attempting suicide is no more a crime in India and there will be no more electric shocks for mentally ill children, as per the new Mental Healthcare Act 2017 notified by the Health Ministry on May 29, a year after it was passed.
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Suicide Attempt By People With Mental Disabilities Not Punishable, Says New Law
Attempts to commit suicide by people with mental disabilities will not be punishable under a new law that has got assent from President Pranab Mukherjee.
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Mental Health Bill 2016: The Parliament Decriminalises Attempt to Commit Suicide
The Bill gives mentally ill people a right to confidentiality in respect to mental health, mental health care, treatment and physical healthcare.
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Trump Says He 'Brilliantly' Exploited Tax Laws After Massive Loss In 1990s
Donald Trump on Monday launched an aggressive defense of a massive business loss in the 1990s that would have enabled him to skip paying federal income taxes for 18 years, while also wading into a new controversy by suggesting that soldiers and veterans with mental health problems are not "strong" and "can't handle it."
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US Navy Yard shooting: Investigators review erratic behavior of gunman
Investigators focused on the erratic behavior of a former US Navy reservist who law enforcement officials say had reported hearing voices before he shot dead 12 people at a military base in Washington this week. The national conversation turned once again to mental health, and to gun control.
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US cops push for background checks on gun purchases
Law enforcement leaders who met with President Barack Obama on Monday urged him to focus on strengthening gun purchase background checks and mental health systems, but did not unify behind his more controversial gun control efforts.
