While the Content of Mental Health Acts May Vary Significantly

While the content of Mental Health Acts may vary significantly from state to state, the primar y purpose of Mental Health Acts is:

A) To provide for the involuntary assessment and treatment of persons having a mental illness
B) To provide paramedics and police officers with the powers of restraint, allowing them to transport patients suspected of presenting with a mental health illness to an authorised health facility
C) To provide safeguards of the rights for persons with a mental illness
D) To protect members of the public against injury, either psychological or physical, from persons with a mental health illness