In the liminal spaces of mental health law – what to do when section 136 expires?

The pressure on mental health services has not gone unremarked and is of widespread concern in England and Wales. This can have implications when a bed is being sought for a patient who has undergone a Mental Health Act assessment and is deemed to meet the criteria for being formally admitted to hos...

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Autores principales: Hassanally, Khalil, Laing, Judy, Kishore, Anupam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Praxis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10694690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36205008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2022.59
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description The pressure on mental health services has not gone unremarked and is of widespread concern in England and Wales. This can have implications when a bed is being sought for a patient who has undergone a Mental Health Act assessment and is deemed to meet the criteria for being formally admitted to hospital. Once the 24 h period for assessment under section 136 of the Act has lapsed, the ongoing detention of the patient can lead to a legal grey area. Through a fictional example this paper examines the relevant case law and statute that may be used to continue the detention and explores the ethical problems that this may cause.
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spelling pubmed-106946902023-12-05 In the liminal spaces of mental health law – what to do when section 136 expires? Hassanally, Khalil Laing, Judy Kishore, Anupam BJPsych Bull Praxis The pressure on mental health services has not gone unremarked and is of widespread concern in England and Wales. This can have implications when a bed is being sought for a patient who has undergone a Mental Health Act assessment and is deemed to meet the criteria for being formally admitted to hospital. Once the 24 h period for assessment under section 136 of the Act has lapsed, the ongoing detention of the patient can lead to a legal grey area. Through a fictional example this paper examines the relevant case law and statute that may be used to continue the detention and explores the ethical problems that this may cause. Cambridge University Press 2023-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10694690/ /pubmed/36205008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2022.59 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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