The Masked AMHP

Sunday, 30 June 2024

What’s in the major parties’ Manifestos for mental health?

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  So here we are with another General Election. And not before time. Since the Conservatives, who had been promising a revised Mental Health...
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Thursday, 30 May 2024

An interview with an attempted murderer

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  Back in the 1980’s and 90’s, under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), social workers were often called upon by the police t...
Wednesday, 15 May 2024

An Interview with a Murderer

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  Back in the 1980’s and 90’s, under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), social workers were often called upon by the police t...
Monday, 29 April 2024

I asked AI to write a comedy stand up routine for the Masked AMHP – and this is what I got

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  I’ve been reading a lot recently about how artificial intelligence is going to change the world, for better or worse. But could it make th...
Monday, 22 April 2024

Hallucinations & the Mental Health Act

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  I’ve recently read Oliver Sacks’ excellent book Hallucinations. It contains a wide range of accounts of different medical conditions that ...
Monday, 8 April 2024

Is Diogenes Syndrome a Mental Disorder? A case study

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  Harry is a man in his late 80’s. He is divorced and lives alone in his own home. He has a number of physical health problems associated wi...
Monday, 1 April 2024

The weirdest mental health law you’ve never heard of

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  (Here's the text, but it's worth watching the video for pictures of puffins) The Mental Health Act has been evolving over many dec...
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The Masked AMHP
I am an Approved Mental Health Professional and Practice Consultant working for a local authority AMHP Service in England. I have practiced under 3 Mental Health Acts, since as long ago as 1981, even before the 1983 Mental Health Act. Which makes me pretty ancient now. This blog is designed to illuminate and explain the functions and dliemmas of an AMHP within the Mental Health Act. It is intended to be of help to professionals and service users alike. I hope that it is both informative and entertaining. I am also a freelance trainer, and have taught mental health law on an AMHP course. I've appeared at conferences all over England and Wales. If you'd like to book me for your conference or training event just send me an email.
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