Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2015 - SECT 10

In this Act:

"mental illness" means a condition that seriously impairs (either temporarily or permanently) the mental functioning of a person in 1 or more areas of thought, mood, volition, perception, orientation or memory, and is characterised by—

        (a)     the presence of at least 1 of the following symptoms:

              (i)     delusions;

              (ii)     hallucinations;

              (iii)     serious disorders of streams of thought;

              (iv)     serious disorders of thought form;

              (v)     serious disturbance of mood; or

        (b)     sustained or repeated irrational behaviour that may be taken to indicate the presence of at least 1 of the symptoms mentioned in paragraph (a).