The use of Mental Health Review Tribunals by older people

Author:
DWYER Sandra
Journal article citation:
Practice: Social Work in Action, 15(3), 2003, pp.51-60.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis

Focuses on the proportion of older people who are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 who make applications to tribunals in comparison to younger adults. Some implications for social work practice are explored, both under current legislation, and in the context of legislative reform.

Subject terms:
mental health problems, older people, access to services, compulsory detention;
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN online:
1742-4909
ISSN print:
0950-3153

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