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The Mental Health Bill: plans to amend the Mental Health Act 1983: the definition of mental disorder
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Introduces a new, simplified definition of mental disorder throughout the Act
A third wave, not a third way? New Labour, human rights and mental health in historical context
- Author:
- CARPENTER Mick
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 8(2), April 2009, pp.215-230.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This historically situated, UK-based review of New Labour's human rights and mental health policy following the 1998 Human Rights Act (HRA) and 2007 Mental Health Act (MHA), draws on Klug's identification of three waves of human rights. These occurred around the American and French Revolutions, after World War II, and following the collapse of state communism in 1989, and the article assesses impacts on mental health policy up to and including the New Labour era. It critiques current equality and rights frameworks in mental health and indicates how they might be brought into closer alignment with third wave principles.
The nearest relative under the Mental Health Act 2007
- Authors:
- CURRAN Christopher, HEWITT David
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 152, July 2008, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- MIND
This article focuses on the changes the government had made to the nearest relative scheme (NR) in the 2007 Mental Health Act, which amends the arrangements in the 1983 Mental Health Act.
Triumph for age-appropriate care
- Author:
- WALLACE Cathy
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 18.07.07, 2007, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The Mental Health Bill has become law and stipulates that children should not be placed on adult wards. The author reports on how professionals are likely to implement the new requirement.
Changes to (un)fitness to plead and insanity proceedings
- Authors:
- MORRIS A. J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (The), 17(4), December 2006, pp.603-610.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Significant changes to both unfitness to plead and the defence of insanity are hidden away in the Domestic Violence, Crime, and Victims Act 2004. These changes, which could easily be overlooked, are the subject of discussion in this paper.
The Draft Mental Health Bill in England: without principles
- Authors:
- THORNICROFT Graham, SZMUKLER George
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 29(7), July 2005, pp.244-247.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Apart from the support for advocacy, it seems reasonable to conclude that this Bill is lacking in the remaining principles enunciated in the key policy documents that have provided a framework for our discussion. The authors doubt that legislation not founded on the national and international principles underlying modern mental health services can further the objectives of those services. Instead we have concerns that such ungrounded law will undermine the aspirations of both users and providers of mental health services to act in accordance with fundamental principles such as dignity, autonomy, empowerment, access and non-discrimination. In this sense it may not only be without principles, but there is a danger that in some circumstances (for example, when there are pressures for increased social control) its use could become unprincipled.
Political engagement in the 2019 UK general election of patients with autism and/or a learning disability detained in a psychiatric hospital
- Author:
- ARMSTRONG Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 26(2), 2021, pp.77-86.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: This case study aims to describe how patients with autism and/or a learning disability detained in a psychiatric hospital were supported to register and vote in the 2019 UK general election. Design/methodology/approach: A speech and language therapist supported patients to register and vote. Data on the number of patients who registered and voted are reported as well as feedback from patients about their experiences. Findings: Forty-two per cent of patients registered to vote; 27% did not want to register; and 31% could not understand the information provided and/or state a clear preference because of the severity of their cognitive and communication difficulties. Fifteen per cent of patients voted and were all first-time voters. Originality/value: This study demonstrates that it is possible to support significant numbers of autistic and learning disabled patients in a psychiatric hospital to register for and vote in a parliamentary election. (Edited publisher abstract)
Post-qualifying mental health social work practice
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Jim, DAVIDSON Gavin
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Social workers and other professionals working in the area of mental health often face complex and difficult practice dilemmas shaped by increasingly demanding policy and legal contexts across the UK. This book focuses on the post-qualifying role played by mental health social workers, drawing on theoretical and research perspectives on the subject, before outlining how professionals can achieve best practice. The topics covered include: models of mental health and illness; discrimination and social exclusion; addressing service user needs; carer perspectives; working with individuals, families and communities; and multi-disciplinary working. The chapters are accompanied by exercises, aimed at encouraging readers to critically reflect on their own professional and personal experiences. Case studies are also included to illustrate the information provided in the text. This book will be of interest to social work practitioners taking postgraduate courses in mental health and for those training to become Approved Mental Health Professionals.
The Mental Health Bill 2006: what effect on children?
- Author:
- DALY Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 234, March 2007, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
The main aim of the Mental Health Bill is to update the Mental Health Act 1983 to ensure that people with serious mental health disorders can be treated, whether or not they consent, in order to prevent them from harming themselves or others. This article traces the history of the Bill and as it passes from the House of Lords into the Commons looks at some of the issues that have been raised by the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the National Children's Bureau in its Child Impact Statement and YoungMinds, in relation to its impact on human rights in general and children in particular.
Consultation on regulations to be made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Capacity Act is scheduled for full implementation from April 2007. It provides a framework setting out who can take decisions in respect of those individuals who because of the nature of their dementia, brain injury, mental health problems or learning difficulties may be unable to make their own decisions. A consultation is being held on two aspects relating to sections 30-34 which set out the framework for research with such individuals. Research is defined as ‘inclusive research’ and includes social care research studies. Views are sought on the arrangements for appointing the ‘appropriate body’ that approves such research, and on the arrangements for people in longer term studies who agreed in the past but have now lost capacity.