Mental Health Act Article 38

Promotional materials, publications, broadcasts, television, the Internet, or other media reports shall not use discriminatory terms or descriptions related to mental illness. Moreover, they shall not report information inconsistent with the facts or mislead the audience with information that may result in discrimination against patients, protectors, family members, personnel, institutions, juridical persons, or organizations that serve patients.When a patient or someone suspected of having the condition specified in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 3 is involved in a legal issue, and if the court has not determined that the cause of the legal issue is due to the patient’s illness or disability; no promotional materials, publications, broadcasts, television, the Internet, or other media, agencies, institutions, juridical persons, and organizations may attribute the cause of the legal issue to the person’s state of illness or disability.If broadcasting or television industries violate the provisions of the first Paragraph, the central competent authority shall convene a meeting of the industry competent authorities, experts and scholars, non-governmental organizations, and media representatives to review the facts.No one is allowed to make public statements that discriminate against patients or make improper insinuations about others having a mental illness.