Mental Health Act (1983, as amended 2007)

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patients that agreed to come into hospital
Voluntary
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Section… ‘any disorder or disability of the mind’
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independent panel that decides whether formal patients should be discharged
Tribunal
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specially trained people that help a patient find out their rights under the Mental Health Act
Advocacy
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family member who has certain rights and powers in relation to the mental health act.
Nearest Relative
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permission for something to happen
Consent
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section… responsible clinician has the power to allow a person to leave the ward and the hospital for a specified period of time.
Seventeen
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section… admission for assessment
Two
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28… period of time a person can be assessed under the mental health act
Days
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section… admission for treatment
Three
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initial period of time (without reapplication) somebody can be treated under the mental health act
Six months
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something that can be obtained from a magistrate so the police and professionals can enter a premise where a person is believed to be suffering from a mental disorder and take that person to ‘a place of safety’ without their consent.
Warrant
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Another section that involves police, where police can take a person to ‘a place of safety’ if they appear to be suffering from a mental disorder and there is concern about keeping themselves or other safe.
Section 136
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Section… ‘any disorder or disability of the mind’

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independent panel that decides whether formal patients should be discharged

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specially trained people that help a patient find out their rights under the Mental Health Act

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family member who has certain rights and powers in relation to the mental health act.

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