TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - No duty owed to the relatives of a victim of a person with mental illness
JO  - Australasian psychiatry
A1  - Scott, Russ
SP  - 418
EP  - 421
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To review the case of an acutely psychotic person who was discharged into the care of a friend whom he killed later the same day, and to consider the reasoning of the High Court in the subsequent negligence action of the victim's relatives. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: By a narrow interpretation, the High Court found that the exercise of the powers and duties in relation to the involuntary detention of a mentally ill person as prescribed by the Mental Health Act were inconsistent with a common law duty of care to another person or the relatives of another person.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1039-8562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856215590035
ID  - ref1
ER  -