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Who can best protect patients' rights
- Author:
- GREGORY Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(10), October 2000, pp.366-367.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983 created three tiers: national, regional and local, for protecting the rights of patients under section, the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC), the mental health review tribunals (MHRTs) and the hospital managers. Although the Act was in many ways revolutionary, there have been a number of criticisms about the structures it created.
Review of treatment under section 61 of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Author:
- CURRAN Christopher
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 105, 2000, p.28.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Detained patients who are incapable of giving consent to treatment, or who have withheld such consent, have additional safeguards provided under part IV of the Mental Health Act. Once treatment has lasted for three months, the Mental Health Act Commission arranges for the treatment plan to be reviewed under section 61. This article outlines what the review entails.
Limits to the value of mental health review tribunals for offender patients
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Pamela J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 174, February 1999, pp.164-169.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reform of mental health legislation for England and Wales is due. Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRTs) offer an important check in the balance between patient and public rights. This article evaluates the quantity and outcome of MHRTs in special (high-security) hospitals. Concludes that special hospital MHRTs result in few changes in patient status. A probable need for improvement in the evidence put before an MHRT was found. Legislation reformers should consider an extension of MHRT powers to order transfer between levels of security.
Mental health legislation: a time to act?
- Authors:
- RYAN Tony, HARDY Les
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 3(2), December 1996, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Argues that new legislation could include supervision registers but might also give service users new rights to community-based services in their areas.
The challenge of individual rights
- Author:
- WOOD John
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166, April 1995, pp.417-420.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The tasks undertaken by psychiatry and the other professions treating and caring for people with mental health problems are not easy. The work attracts publicity and is closely monitored by groups representing patients. Society also has measures of checking practice in the form of the system of Mental Health Review Tribunals. Discusses mental health law and practice, and psychiatric practice in relation to individual rights.
Forcing the issue?
- Author:
- COOMBES Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 23.2.95, 1995, p.7.
Looks at the implications for social workers of the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Bill.
Psychiatry: back to the USSR
- Author:
- LINDOW Vivien
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, April 1994, p.13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Argues that the extension of the Mental Health Act for supervised discharge and the 'at risk' register both bring a loss of freedom and equality for psychiatric patients.
Back to the board
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, October 2002, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
BASW as issued a response to the Mental Health Bill which calls for it to be withdrawn and completely redrafted. Looks at some of the main points in the response.
Mental incapacity and consent to treatment: the Scottish experience
- Author:
- CRICHTON John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 11(2), September 2000, pp.457-464.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
The paper describes the current state of the law in Scotland relating to the management of adults who do not have the ability to consent to treatment. There are important differences in the nature and content of the common law relating to this subject between Scotland and England, which are described. This is a confusing area of law, which is acknowledged to be in need of reform. The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 addresses the issue. Briefly describes and discusses the Act.
Legal support for black patients
- Author:
- INYAMA Chinyere
- Journal article citation:
- Diverse Minds Magazine, 3, May 1999, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- MIND
This is the first of a two part review of legal support of patients under the Mental Health Act. This article discusses the solicitor's role in supporting patients detained under the current Mental Health Act 1983.