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 with...

Jenny has the dubious distinction of being the person I have assessed under the MHA more than any other, a total of 11 assessments over a 7 ...

On 28th September 1983 the 1959 Mental Health Act was rescinded. I ceased being a Mental Welfare Officer and on that day became an Approved ...

The call came from the local police. They had a 19 year old male in the cells on a Sec.136. He had been found walking the streets in the mid...

Fast forward to 1981. After two years working as an unqualified generic social worker I did a two year Certificate of Qualification in Socia...

It was 1976. I had my first job as an unqualified social worker (most social workers were unqualified in those days) in an area office with ...

I always find it fascinating how certain forms of dementia can produce the most vivid and outlandish of hallucinations in older people. One ...