The Mental Health Act 1983 deals with  safeguarding  the rights of these formal patients who cannot take their own decision and thus protect them from any harm caused to them by their illness. It deals with the assessment as well as treatment of this group of patients. It provides a framework and guideline under which these patients may be compulsorily detained in a psychiatric facility or police custody and provided with necessary treatment with or without their consent.

The act is divided into 10 different parts. Some of which include topics like managing of the property and other affairs like marital issues of these patients. It also addresses issues about their criminal responsibilities, whether they are guilty by law or was their action completely a part of their illness. As the patient improves with treatment, it also has a provision for their discharge and continue with their treatment in the community and plan regular follow up visits.

However over the period of time, there were several drawbacks and flaws detected in the Mental Health Act 1983 and so certain changes have been made to this act and implemented in the Mental Health Act 2007 which is now available.

For mentally disordered patients treatment first you have to see is this person is male or woman and the degree of his mental disorder and mental nature. There are two type of treatments are available for the mentally disordered people. These are community treatment order (CTO) and supervised community treatment (SCT). For treatment people who has detained in hospital, he can discharge by senior professor with charge of their case, this system is called   CTO.
People who are not detained in hospital and also having right freely leave hospital and in the community he continue her or his   treatment, if necessary he being   recalled to hospital, this system SCT. They do not get treat against their wishes until they are being recalled to hospital.

This two treatment type follows the mental health act 1983. So, this treatment policy must be applied. Under this act patient can get well treatment    without own consent whose are detained in hospital .If they are not agree then given them Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT).

If patient are doing work which is unexpected then his hospital manager or clinician   and nearest   relative will responsible for this. Mental health act 1983 protect other civilize people from this type of patient as well. Criminal justice is the system of mental   health   act 1983. There provides a power to make hospital in the basis of medical recommendation   for a court and taking in remand to hospital. Care quality commission (CQC) which situated in ENGLAND has given special concern to mental disorder people .They improve quality of care and treatment and especially for under STC patient. Mental health tribunal (   MHT) has a power to take decision that the formal patient   discharge or not. So, mental health act 1983 bring and evolutionary change in the life of United Kingdom and Wales as well.

In this act, various terms related to it are defined like mental disordered, professional and person who are involved, approved doctors, responsible and approved clinicians etc. The definition of the mental disordered on the basis of this act is a person who have any disordered or disability of mind. This definition of mental disorder is not like as medical science. It’s just a general definition of mental disorder.

The main purpose of this act  is to insure that the people who are mentally disorders and can get treatment and required cares. It set a responsibility that we must be taken for them. You can get more information about this law from Wikipedia or BBC. This act brought an evolutionary change in United Kingdom peoples and mentally disordered people. Mental Health Act 1983 is renewed in 2007. This is called Mental Health Act 2007. This new act includes all the things which is in mental Health Act 1983. Actually the act of 1983 is a universal act; it need not change for a long time.

After this act is approved then mentally disordered people get their right on property management and they get proper treatment with care. This is an asset law of United Kingdom as well.