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Mental Health
An outline
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Objectives of session
• Identify framework of mental health legislation
• Understand mental health act and code of practice
• Aware of key concepts
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Legislation
• Mental Health Act 1983• Mental Health Patients in the Community Act
1995• Mental Health Act 2007• Remember other legislation is applicable– Community care legislation– Homeless law– Welfare benefits law
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MHA 1983
• MHA 1959– Reforms– Reduce compulsory treatment– Community treatment not institutional
• MHA 1983
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MHA 1983
• Regulations• MHA 1983– 10 parts– 176 sections– 5 schedules
• Guidance– Code of practice 4th edition 2008
• Code of Practice
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Principles
• Purpose• Least restriction• Respect• Participation• Effectiveness, efficiency and equity
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Using the principles
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Key definitions
• Mental Disorder• Patient• Nearest relative• Approved Mental Health Professional• Responsible clinician• Hospital
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Informal patients
• Informal patient requests treatment• There is no order, application or direction
from the courts or anyone else.
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Compulsory admission
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Admission for assessment – s.2
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Admission for assessment – s.4
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Admission for treatment – section 3
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Practice issues
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Reception into guardianship
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Compulsory detention of informal patients
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Mentally disordered persons found in public places
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Warrant to search for and remove patients
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Discharge from hospital
• Informal patients• Detained patients– Discharge by responsible clinician or hospital
managers– Discharge by nearest relative– Discharge by Mental Health Review Tribunal
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After-care
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Criminal proceedings
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s.17 leave
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Community Treatment Orders (CTO) s.17A