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Mental health laws

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on laws dealing with the care of the mentally ill, and people with mental disabilities. Works on the legal concept of insanity are entered under the heading Insanity (Law).

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Camden County Ordinary Court Lunacy Records, 1962-1977

 Item
Identifier: RG1-03-71
Scope and Contents

This volume contains petitions to the probate judge to have certain individuals declared insane and thus to have these individuals committed to the state mental hospital at Milledgeville.

Dates: 1962-1977

Lunatic Asylum Papers, 1880-1918

 File — Box 13: Series RG1-03, Folder: 10
Identifier: RG1-03-429
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes Inferior, Ordinary, and Probate court records.

Dates: 1880-1918

Lunatic Asylum Papers, 1879-1914

 File — Box 13: Series RG1-03, Folder: 11
Identifier: RG1-03-430
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes Inferior, Ordinary, and Probate court records.

Dates: 1879-1914