What Does the Mental Health Act Provide for in Situations of Risk?

By Elisa Corzo As with every act of violence perpetrated by people with mental health problems, the crime of the family in Villa Crespo occurred last week reactivated the questionings to the National Law 26,657, sanctioned in 2010 with the aim of abandoning the logic of the asylum that for decades subjected hundreds of people to imprisonment for life, many times more to solve situations of lack of housing or poverty than by medical criteria, am…