tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post2905327737307697003..comments2024-03-27T17:57:42.627+00:00Comments on The Masked AMHP: Anorexia and the Interface Between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act: Recent Case LawThe Masked AMHPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348865658320780867noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-23475010256250242072017-02-10T18:27:37.247+00:002017-02-10T18:27:37.247+00:00I am curious as to why you think that CBT and Cogn...I am curious as to why you think that CBT and Cognitive Analytic therapy are the best treatments?.... I have worked psychoanalytically with several patients with severe eating disorders, alcohol problems, a cocktail of meds and psychiatric labels who have had years of in patient treatment and CBT, quite successfully - if CBT or CAT were really all that great patients wouldn't keep presentingconcernednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-26005266309221175182017-02-08T12:28:17.541+00:002017-02-08T12:28:17.541+00:00I don't know. It was a thought, not a criticis...I don't know. It was a thought, not a criticism.<br /><br />What are your thoughts about the current mechanisms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-45891539617431635462017-02-07T13:10:02.407+00:002017-02-07T13:10:02.407+00:00And you would replace those mechanisms of best int...And you would replace those mechanisms of best interest decision making with what? You can't drop something like that and not qualify it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192492443619275829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-5737001004820493252017-02-04T21:52:27.212+00:002017-02-04T21:52:27.212+00:00I think you make an interesting point about the ph...I think you make an interesting point about the phrase "allowed to die". It does seem to put an emotive spin on things. It feels to me about context.<br /><br />"...when all possible treatments for a mental disorder are exhausted, at least when it comes to anorexia nervosa, such patients should be allowed to die."<br /><br />In this context, is "allowing" someone to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-15755807112194151912017-02-01T19:41:14.201+00:002017-02-01T19:41:14.201+00:00‘ … Out of four cases of women with severe anorexi...‘ … Out of four cases of women with severe anorexia nervosa (and often with complicating conditions such as alcohol dependency and emotionally unstable personality disorder) three were essentially allowed to die.’<br />I am afraid I think this summary is inaccurate and misleading.<br />First, you imply but have failed to state clearly whether you know that the people at the centre of the cases Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-29614027937203723192017-02-01T19:30:48.920+00:002017-02-01T19:30:48.920+00:00‘ … out of four cases of women with severe anorexi...‘ … out of four cases of women with severe anorexia nervosa (and often with complicating conditions such as alcohol dependency and emotionally unstable personality disorder) three were essentially allowed to die.’<br /><br />I am afraid I think this summary is inaccurate and misleading.<br />First, you imply but have failed to state clearly whether you know that the people at the centre of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-80160823246990054532017-02-01T18:33:23.944+00:002017-02-01T18:33:23.944+00:00Could I just point out that the judgement for C de...Could I just point out that the judgement for C determined that she had decision making ability in relation to her physical health treatment options and that there was no reason to interference with her autonomy and right to make choices, so is bundling this case with these reported judgments where the relevant persons were found to lack mental capacity a little glib and misleading?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com