scholarly journals The application of mental health legislation in younger children

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 302-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Thomas ◽  
Barry Chipchase ◽  
Lisa Rippon ◽  
Paul McArdle
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Child ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Challenging Behaviour ◽  
Health Unit ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Mental Health Unit

SummaryWe review a case history of a young child who was admitted to an in-patient mental health unit due to extremely challenging behaviour and review the legal issues that had to be considered in ensuring that there was appropriate legal authority for the child's admission and treatment. In this particular case, the patient was detained for assessment under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983. This case demonstrates that all clinicians working in this area require a good understanding of the law in relation to treatment of children with mental disorder, which is extremely complex.

scholarly journals The Home Office Mental Health Unit

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 742-743
Author(s):  
J. M. Potts
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Health Unit ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Separate Section ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Mental Health Unit

On 1 April the mental health section of the Home Office's C3 Division was renamed “Mental Health Unit”, as part of a wider initiative to streamline the Department and give more meaningful titles to the various different areas of work. The responsibilities of our Unit remain the same, however. First, we deal with the cases of restricted patients under mental health legislation. As well as advising Ministers or taking decisions on their behalf about leave, transfers and discharge, the Unit also authorises the transfer of mentally disordered prisoners to hospital. This prison transfer work is focused in a separate section of the Unit which is able to provide a very rapid response to urgent requests for transfer warrants. The number of transfers has gone up from 337 in 1990 to over 700 in each of the last three years.

scholarly journals Mental health legislation in Egypt

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Loza ◽  
Mohamed El Nawawi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Code Of Practice ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health Legislation

This paper first briefly reviews the history of psychiatric services in Egypt. It then details the legislation in place during the last years of the Mubarak regime and goes on to set out recent developments, in particular the Code of Practice introduced for the Mental Health Act of 2009.

Detention under section 136: Why is it increasing?

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Loughran
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Inappropriate Use ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

There has been a significant increase in the use of section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales, particularly over the past 10 years, but the reasons for this increase remain unclear. This paper presents a history of English mental-health legislation and the current evidence relating to the use of section 136. It suggests that changing police attitudes, socio-economic factors and diminished resources amongst both the police and mental-health services may have contributed towards its increase. The strain placed on health services may have also resulted in a greater reliance on the police force as an access point to NHS care and could result in the inappropriate use of section 136. With the principle of the ‘least restrictive option’ at the heart of the Mental Health Act, this advocates the need for reform.

Civil Commitment Trends in Ontario: The Effect of Legislation on Clinical Practice

1985 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.A. Martin ◽  
K.D. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatient ◽  
Civil Commitment ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Over Time

The rationale for and history of civil commitment legislation in Ontario are reviewed The civil commitment rate in Ontario from 1926 to 1980 for provincial psychiatric hospitals, and from 1974 to 1980 for all psychiatric inpatient facilities was analyzed to detect variation in the rate over time and with relevant legislation. The findings indicate that mental health legislation has had little effect on commitment practices in Ontario. In addition, the variation in the commitment rate over the period reviewed cannot be ascribed to inconsistent application by physicians. The other variables affecting the rate are discussed in this context. The need for more descriptive studies of the major determinants of the commitment rate is emphasized.

scholarly journals Working in psychiatry in Malta: a personal view

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (03) ◽  
pp. 56-57
Author(s):  
Rachel Taylor-East
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Institutional Psychiatry ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Staffing And Training ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
And Training

The history of psychiatry in Malta dates back to the 16th century. In the early 1990s, a detailed account of psychiatry in Malta documented the drive from institutional psychiatry to community psychiatry and outlined the difficulties with subspecialisation, staffing and training. Malta has since set up five community mental health teams, introduced new mental health legislation and introduced full postgraduate psychiatry specialisation. Work is continuing towards improvement of the country's mental health services and towards reducing the stigma associated with mental illness.

Mental health legislation in Egypt

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-66
Author(s):  
Nasser Loza ◽  
Mohamed El Nawawi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Code Of Practice ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health Legislation

This paper first briefly reviews the history of psychiatric services in Egypt. It then details the legislation in place during the last years of the Mubarak regime and goes on to set out recent developments, in particular the Code of Practice introduced for the Mental Health Act of 2009.

scholarly journals Section 17 of the Mental Health Act

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 415-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Milton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Case Note ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Mental Health Patients ◽  
History Of ◽  
Health Legislation

From 1 April 1996 mental health legislation was expanded to include provision for “supervised discharge” under the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995. However, the use off Section 17 (s17) off the Mental Health Act has always provided an option for an extended leave. This retrospective case note study examines 10 years of practice off s17 use and focuses on characteristics off those patients recalled. Increases in s17 applications represented equivalent increases in admissions and overall sections, although numbers off patients actually recalled had fallen significantly. Patients recalled after discharge were generally middle-aged men with a long history of schizophrenia, on s3, who relapse quickly due to treatment non-compliance.

scholarly journals Mental health law in New Zealand

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Soosay ◽  
Rob Kydd
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Compulsory Treatment ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Constitutional Protections ◽  
Health Legislation

New Zealand has an established history of mental health legislation that sits within a framework of human rights, disability and constitutional protections. We outline a brief history of mental health legislation in New Zealand since its inception as a modern state in 1840. The current legislation, the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, defines mental disorder and the threshold for compulsory treatment. We describe its use in clinical practice and the wider legal and constitutional context which psychiatrists need to be aware of in their relationships with patients.

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