Being Detained Under The Mental Health Act

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What happens when you get sectioned? - Patient

(4 days ago) WebHowever, being sectioned (detained under the Mental Health Act) can be a lifeline to those who need it, ensuring their personal safety at a time when they're seriously unwell. …

https://patient.info/news-and-features/what-happens-when-you-get-sectioned

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The experiences of detained mental health service users: …

(1 days ago) WebWhen mental health service users are detained under a Section of the Mental Health Act (MHA), they must remain in hospital for a specific time period. This is often against their …

https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6939-15-50

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Mental Health Act: 'I was sectioned and no one told me …

(6 days ago) WebShe was detained under the Mental Health Act twice, once in January 2018 and then in June 2018. On both occasions the 23-year-old experienced psychotic episodes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-55586447

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11 DETENTION UNDER THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT

(5 days ago) WebThis chapter provides evidence about the key problems relating to detention under a section of the Mental Health Act (HMSO, 2007), including assessment, referral and treatment) …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK327290/

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What is the Mental Health Act? - Rethink Mental Illness

(Just Now) WebThe Mental Health Act says when you can be taken to hospital, kept there, and treated against your wishes. This can only happen if you have a mental disorder that puts you, …

https://rethink.org/advice-and-information/rights-restrictions/mental-health-laws/mental-health-act/

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Sectioning - an overview - Mind

(7 days ago) Webdetained in hospital under a section of the Mental Health Act, but not if you are under sections 4, 5, 135 and 136; under Mental Health Act guardianship, conditional …

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/sectioning/overview/

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Detention of children and adolescents under mental …

(4 days ago) WebThe most common theme was choosing between the Mental Health Act and the Children Act when detaining an adolescent. Other themes related to issues around consent for …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10765764/

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What is the Mental Health Act 1983? - Mind

(9 days ago) WebThe Mental Health Act 1983 is the law in England and Wales which was updated in 2007. It tells people with mental health problems what their rights are regarding: Assessment …

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/mental-health-act-1983/about-the-mha-1983/

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About sectioning - Mind

(5 days ago) WebUnder section 117, health authorities and local social services have a legal duty to provide free aftercare for people who have been discharged under Mental Health Act sections …

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/sectioning/about-sectioning/

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Mental Health Act: Here's What Actually Happens When A Person …

(4 days ago) WebCall 0808 808 4994 or email: [email protected]. Rethink Mental Illness offers practical help through its advice line which can be reached on 0300 5000 927 (open Monday to …

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mental-health-act-what-happens-when-a-person-is-sectioned_uk_5c07a825e4b0680a7ecaa2e9

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Being detained under the Mental Health Act drove me to improve …

(9 days ago) WebI was first detained in a child and adolescent mental health service when I was 14. I had a paranoid episode that led me to commit grievous bodily harm and spent the next three …

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/13/detained-under-mental-health-act-drove-improve-care

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Discharge from the Mental Health Act - Rethink Mental Illness

(3 days ago) WebIf you are under section 2, 3 or 37 you can: ask the Hospital Managers to discharge you, apply to a tribunal to appeal your section, get free representation from a mental health …

https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/rights-restrictions/mental-health-laws/discharge-from-the-mental-health-act/

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What should happen if I am treated under the Mental Health Act?

(3 days ago) WebIf you are detained under the Mental Health Act you have the right to an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA). Health and social care professionals should give you …

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg136/ifp/chapter/what-should-happen-if-i-am-treated-under-the-mental-health-act

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Patient perspectives of being detained under section 136 of the …

(1 days ago) WebIntroduction Detention under section 136(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983 allows for the police to arrest a person from a public place and remove them to a 'place of safety', …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29742992/

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My rights if I've been sectioned - Mind

(8 days ago) Webdetained in hospital under a section of the Mental Health Act, but not if you are under sections 4, 5, 135 and 136; under Mental Health Act guardianship, conditional …

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/sectioning/my-rights/

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Detentions under the Mental Health Act - Ethnicity facts and figures

(8 days ago) Web1. Main facts and figures. in the year to March 2022, black people were almost 5 times as likely as white people to be detained under the Mental Health Act – 342 detentions for …

https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/health/mental-health/detentions-under-the-mental-health-act/latest/

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Patients' experiences of assessment and detention under mental …

(2 days ago) WebWe both share an awareness that being detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA) can be a traumatic and distinctly untherapeutic process. This systematic review and meta …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/patients-experiences-of-assessment-and-detention-under-mental-health-legislation-systematic-review-and-qualitative-metasynthesis/60EF9784BE5293FCA7E0361FE1383C97

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People detained under the Mental Health Act dying at three times …

(8 days ago) WebPeople detained under the Mental Health Act are dying at three times the rate of those held in prisons, figures have revealed. A new report from a government advisory body …

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/people-detained-under-the-mental-health-act-dying-at-three-times-the-rate-of-those-held-in-prisons/ar-AA1nu6ZX

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The experiences of detained mental health service users: issues of

(3 days ago) WebThe majority of individuals currently accessing mental health services are admitted to hospital, under a Section of the MHA [ 1 ]. The implementation of the Act highlights …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4114162/

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What is Section 35 of the Mental Health Act? - Rethink Mental Illness

(2 days ago) WebThe Mental Health Act is the law that mental health professionals use to detain you in hospital for assessment, treatment or both. If you are detained under the Act, it is …

https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/rights-restrictions/mental-health-laws/section-35-of-the-mental-health-act/

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From principles to practice: Clarifying new obligations under …

(3 days ago) WebThe principles carry over limitations from the previous Mental Health Act 2014 (Vic) while also containing new features. The ‘all reasonable efforts to comply’ and ‘proper …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10398562241251595

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Mental Health Regulation 2019 - NSW legislation

(7 days ago) WebFor the purposes of sections 19A(3) and 27A(5) of the Act, if an audio visual link is being used at a mental health facility to enable a medical practitioner or accredited person to …

https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/pdf/inforce/2024-05-02/sl-2019-0430

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