The Masked AMHP

Thursday, 25 November 2010

An Encounter with Grendl

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I wrote about Perdita in my post “The Section 2 That Wasn’t” in January 2010. She has a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disord...
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Friday, 12 November 2010

Diogenes Syndrome and the Mental Health Act

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Members of the public often become very alarmed and even affronted and incensed about people in the community who chose to live in unusually...
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Green Lycra and Fairy Wings

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It began as an out of the ordinary referral, and then just got stranger and stranger... The call came from the Criminal Justice Liaison Nu...
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Thursday, 16 September 2010

When Mental Health Act Assessments Go Bad

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While reading my blog, you may have been thinking: “Hey, this guy is so cool and experienced, I bet he never makes any mistakes!” Wrong. ...
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Monday, 23 August 2010

The Science Bit

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A Brief Statistical Analysis of Outcomes of my Assessments under the Mental Health Act A reader of this blog (hi, La-reve) recently asked...
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Saturday, 14 August 2010

Anatomy of a Mental Health Act Assessment

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(This account has been edited to correct some minor inaccuracies. 08.10.15.) Even though every formal assessment under the Mental Health A...
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Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Vanessa – A Postscript

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In my last post I talked about my experiences nearly 20 years ago with Vanessa, a woman with bipolar affective disorder. There’s a little mo...
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The Masked AMHP
I was an Approved Mental Health Professional and Practice Consultant working for a local authority AMHP Service in England. I 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. I am now retired. This blog is designed to illuminate and explain the functions and dilemmas 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.
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