If you have any mental disorder, you may go into a psychiatric hospital or unit voluntarily, or you may be committed as an involuntary patient and emergency admissions. The rules about admission to psychiatric hospitals or units are set out in the Mental Health Act 2001 (According to Public Service information provided by the Citizens of Information of Board 23 February 2016).These rules apply in the same way to public and private psychiatric facilities. The Act requires that psychiatric hospitals and units be registered as approved psychiatric centers. The vast majority of admission are Voluntary- this means that you as patient chosen to go for treatment. The Involuntary Admission- under the Mental Health Act 2001, you may be involuntarily
