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Sex, relationships and mental health
- Authors:
- PACITTI Richard, THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 13(1), February 2009, pp.27-30.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
There is relatively little written about the sexuality of people with mental health problems. Staff are often unsure how to balance service users rights to live a full life with the need to protect people considered to be vulnerable. This article explores the issues of sex, relationships and mental health. The authors also mention a film, Unspoken, made by Mind in Croydon which covers these issues.
Legislative scrutiny: Mental Health Bill: fourth report of session 2006-07: report, together with formal minutes and appendices
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 86p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report by the joint committee on human rights warned people who do not have a mental illness could be sectioned despite posing no risk to others or themselves. MPs and peers argued the mental health bill, which has already had one defeat in the House of Lords, is flawed because the government’s proposed legal definition of illness is too wide. It warned people with conditions such as gender dysphoria - uncertainty about their gender – or transsexuals could be detained under the act. The bill proposes to change the grounds for a person's detention from 'a true mental disorder' to 'any disorder or disability of mind'. This could result in discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and sexual identity. The report also raised concern that a duty nurse or social worker could be enough to extend someone's detention.
Legal rights and mental health: the Mind manual
- Editors:
- SULEK Joanna, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 289p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This training manual focuses on: community care entitlement legislation, case law and relevant guidance; negligence and complaints procedures; discrimination and mental health: the survivor’s perspective; incapacity and decision making voluntary and involuntary admission – the Code of Practice ; mentally disordered offenders; consent to treatment and treatment without consent ; routes out of hospital, including Mental Health Review Tribunals' and the Human Rights Act.