The Mental Health Act 1983, Amended 2007 Jake Turner.
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Transcript of The Mental Health Act 1983, Amended 2007 Jake Turner.
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The Mental Health Act 1983, Amended 2007
Jake Turner
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Key facts
• For the 2011/12 period: On the 31st March 2012 there were 22,267 people people subject to detention or CTO restrictions under The Act• 17,503 people were detained in hospital (an increase of 856 or 5 per cent); • 4,764 people were subject to a CTO (an increase of 473 or 11 per cent).
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What is The Act?
• The Mental Health Act is designed to allow the treatment, detention and assessment of persons whom are suspected of suffering one of the named mental illnesses in The Act.
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The named mental illnesses
• Under the Act, mental disorder is defined as "any disorder or disability of mind". • The concept of mental disorder as defined by the Act does not
necessarily correspond to medical categories of mental disorder such as those outlined in ICD-10 or DSM-IV. • However, mental disorder is thought by most psychiatrists to cover
schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa, major depression, bipolar disorder and other similar illnesses, learning disability and personality disorders.
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What does the act let you (Dr’s) do?
• Detain patients whom are a risk to themselves or others• Treat patients against their will FOR THE NAMED MENTAL HEALTH
ILLNESS THEY HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH•
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What you need to know for exams
• There are 5 sections we should be aware of• Section 2: 28 day assessment period• Section 3: Continuing treatment / detention of patients• Section 4: Emergency treatment / detention up to 72 hours• Section 135: Used by police to forcibly detain someone and bring them
to hospital for mental health assessment when that person is on public property• Section 136: Used by the police to forcibly enter private property to
give them medical treatment or detain them for mental health assessment
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What you need to know for exams (cont.)• The mental health acts section 3 (treatment of a mental health disorder) ONLY
applies to patients with a defined mental illness that is named in the act. Therefore, if we don’t know what it is, we can’t treat it. • A patient can be forcibly admitted for up to 28 days for assessment and treatment
under section 2 of The Act• A section 2 order CANNOT be renewed.• If needed, a patient can then be placed under a section 3 order, which allows up
to 6 months of treatment (which can be renewed once), and then can be renewed yearly.• To “section” someone ALWAYS requires an Approved Mental Health Professional.
This is usually a social worker but can also be anyone in a related profession who has had the training.
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More resources
• Detention under the mental health act factsheet:
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