tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post921937515046844347..comments2024-03-27T17:57:42.627+00:00Comments on The Masked AMHP: Should People Be Stopped From Committing Suicide?The Masked AMHPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01348865658320780867noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-62644542469183677092011-07-12T19:58:15.648+01:002011-07-12T19:58:15.648+01:00Hello
I don't know enough about the case to s...Hello<br /><br />I don't know enough about the case to say but wonder if the background to the case might be the sort of ugly squabbling you get between services about managing the demands of people with personality disorders. (CMHT staff refusing to countenance MHA assessments on the grounds that if detained, people with PDs can be difficult patients, hair splitting about definitions of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-23082848775941637432011-06-18T07:52:33.140+01:002011-06-18T07:52:33.140+01:00Fantastic post. We have had a few discussions in o...Fantastic post. We have had a few discussions in our team about exactly the same issues - and come to the same conclusions but it's one that is difficult and there have to be some solid responses to allowing self-determination and risk. There is a professional fear of the coroners inquest.<br />I felt very uncomfortable with the Wooltorton case and the way it was managed. Sometimes I have cbhttp://fightingmonsters.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-86370145831288501562011-06-17T19:47:57.993+01:002011-06-17T19:47:57.993+01:00But surely it was likely in this case that her dec...But surely it was likely in this case that her decision to commit suicide did arise out of her mental disorder. It is a feature of mentally unstable personality disorder that people may self harm or make repeated attempts on their life. They do not necessairly actually want to die. I would rather save someone's life and take the consequences than allow someone to die when I could have The Masked AMHPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380213133018137281.post-7219760378590071662011-06-17T14:49:47.548+01:002011-06-17T14:49:47.548+01:00Surely though it would have to be the case that he...Surely though it would have to be the case that her decision to commit suicide arose out of her mental disorder? I attended a MH Law conference last week, and a Judge from the upper tribunal said one of the things they consider when it comes to risk is if the need for protection arises from the nature of the patient's condition or not. It may have been the case here that the doctors did notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com