scholarly journals How Law 180 in Italy has reshaped psychiatry after 30 years: past attitudes, current trends and unmet needs

2010 ◽  
Vol 197 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Carlo Altamura ◽  
Guy M. Goodwin
Keyword(s):  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Clinical Leadership ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Chronic Psychosis

SummaryLaw 180 eliminated psychiatric hospitals for the care of people with chronic psychosis in Italy. After 30 years, we review the consequences for the practice of psychiatry in Italy and parallels for England and Wales. We argue that the substitution of legal/political direction for clinical leadership means psychiatrists may cease to merit the privileges and responsibilities of being doctors.

Is it Time for a Formal Disciplinary Code for Psychiatric In-Patients in England and Wales?

1996 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. M. Crichton
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Psychiatric Staff

Within psychiatric hospitals it is not legal for staff to formally punish a patient for any misdemeanour. The staff response to such an incident is cloaked in therapeutic terms even if it is in effect a disciplinary punishment. To avoid injustice and introduce safeguards into this process Professor Genevra Richardson (1993, 1995) suggests the need for the introduction of a disciplinary code for psychiatric in-patients. This paper discusses the need for better guidance for psychiatric staff and the problems of punitive sanctions on patients.

scholarly journals Your supported lodgings

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 270-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Robson
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Chronically Mentally Ill ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Successful Rehabilitation

Supported lodgings are an important means of achieving the successful rehabilitation and resettlement of the chronically mentally ill into the community (Anstee, 1978, 1985). In a survey of 15 psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales, it was estimated that 9.3% of the long-stay patients (i.e. in-patients from one to five years) under 65 years of age were ideally suited to less supervised accommodation outside the hospital. In Gloucestershire the Supported Lodging Scheme is provided by the Psychiatric Social Services Department. It was started to enable ‘new’ and ‘old’ long-stay patients at Coney Hill and Horton Road hospitals to be settled in the community. Now any psychiatric or mentally handicapped patient can also enter the scheme if appropriate.

Dementia, Sexuality, and the Law: The Case for Advance Decisions on Intimacy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwatoyin Sorinmade ◽  
Alex Ruck Keene ◽  
Carmelle Peisah
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Capacity To Consent ◽  
Level Of Functioning ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
Advance Decisions ◽  
The Right

Abstract Some individuals develop dementia and the invariable consequence of dementia is a decline in cognition and level of functioning. Despite the effects of this illness, people with dementia still seek intimacy and companionship as part of their expression of basic human instincts and have the right to equal enjoyment of relationships and privacy for such. At the same time, they have the right to be safeguarded against abuse. The law in England and Wales, in common with the majority, if not all, jurisdictions around the world is clear on the requirement for contemporaneous consent to sexual activity, thereby creating unmet needs for people with dementia who no longer have the capacity to consent to intimacy/sexuality. This creates an impetus to find ways to empower individuals with dementia to enjoy intimacy in a safe and lawful way and enable them to live well despite dementia. This article proposes an instrument known as the Advance Decision on Intimacy, in pursuit of the concept of precedent autonomy, to empower individuals to make decisions about how they would wish to express their sexuality at a material time in future when they would have lost the capacity to consent to such acts. While the article is framed by reference to English law, the principles are of wider relevance.

scholarly journals Detecting Heritage Crime(s): What We Know about Illicit Metal Detecting in England and Wales

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (02) ◽  
pp. 139-165
Author(s):  
Adam Daubney ◽  
Louise E. Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Metal Detector ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Official Sources

Abstract:Metal detecting is a popular hobby in England and Wales, and, since 1997, over 1.3 million finds have been recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), a scheme to encourage the voluntary recording of artifacts found by the public. The metal detector can be a useful archaeological tool when used lawfully and responsibly; however, it is also a tool that is used for illicit purposes by individuals and groups wishing to obtain artifacts from archaeological sites on which they have no permission to detect. Information on the number and nature of incidents of illicit metal detecting, however, is difficult to collate owing both to the nature of the crime and to the way it is recorded (or not) by law enforcement authorities. In this article, we examine the strengths and limitations of the available official and unofficial sources on illicit metal detecting in England and Wales and explore the potential they have to tell us about current trends in this form of heritage crime. The first unofficial source is a list of incidents reported to Historic England, which contains basic information on 276 incidents recorded between 2010 and 2017. The second source is the result of a survey of the PAS’s finds liaison officers regarding the extent to which they assisted law enforcement authorities for the years from 2015 to 2017. Both sources were then contrasted with a freedom of information request that was sent to all 49 police forces in the United Kingdom. Although there are some synergies between the unofficial and official sources, the lack of detail in any one dataset makes them of limited use in demonstrating trends in the macro- and micro-scales of time and place. Accordingly, many of the issues highlighted in this article could be resolved by devising a better system for police record keeping of metal detecting offences.

Current Trends in Colorectal Cancer: Site, Incidence, Mortality and Survival in England and Wales

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 448-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hayne ◽  
R.S.D. Brown ◽  
M. McCormack ◽  
M.J. Quinn ◽  
H.A. Payne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Site ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Current Trends

scholarly journals Brief report: HIV-related healthcare stigma/discrimination and unmet needs among persons living with HIV in England and Wales

2021 ◽  
pp. 101580
Author(s):  
John Mark Wiginton ◽  
Jessica L. Maksut ◽  
Sarah M. Murray ◽  
Jura L. Augustinavicius ◽  
Meaghan Kall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmet Needs ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

Childlessness and Marital Instability: A Re-Examination of the Evidence

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Marital Instability ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Age At Marriage ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
High Social Class ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Completed Family Size

SummaryEarlier studies have queried whether divorce was associated with childlessness. Evidence from surveys of broken marriages passing through the divorce courts of England and Wales indicates that infertility and divorce are not related in the way supposed. When the duration of de facto marriage is controlled, divorcing couples have a higher rate of fertility than that found within those who remain married. The former are also more likely to have a larger family size within the same period of time. Similar findings emerge from data relating to broken marriages resorting to the magistrates' courts. These results are partly a consequence of the trend whereby working-class marriages—with their earlier start of a family and larger completed family size—form an increasing proportion of all divorcing couples.Survey results showed that within a divorcing population a shorter period of cohabitation resulted in a higher level of infertility. High infertility rates were also associated with later age at marriage and high social class. Current trends suggest that an increasing proportion of divorcing couples will be childless. It is concluded that there is need for a deeper knowledge of possible relationships, and their causes, in this and other areas of married life.

Current Trends in Colorectal Cancer: Site, Incidence, Mortality and Survival in England and Wales

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 448-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hayne ◽  
R. S. D. Brown ◽  
M. McCormack ◽  
M. J. Quinn ◽  
H. A. Payne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Cancer Site ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Current Trends
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