The Masked AMHP

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

How to Become an AMHP

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The Masked AMHP's AMHP Warrant. Honest Members of the Masked AMHP Facebook Mental Health Forum quite often ask what is entailed in ...
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Thursday, 15 June 2017

The Meaning and Implications of “Previous Acquaintance” for Mental Health Act Assessments

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You need two doctors when conducting MHA assessments The use of doctors when conducting assessments under Sec.2, 3, or 4 of the Mental ...
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Thursday, 25 May 2017

What’s in Theresa May’s proposed Mental Health Treatment Bill?

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No, it's not Cruella DeVil It was with some surprise on 7th May 2017  that I heard that Theresa May was announcing that she was “pl...
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Saturday, 1 April 2017

Nooks & Crannies of the Mental Health Act 1: The Farne Islands (Removal of Lunatics to England & Wales) Regulations 1927

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The Mental Health Act has been evolving over centuries. Indeed, the Victorian Lunacy Acts in the 1800’s contained recognisable germs of t...
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Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Anorexia and the Interface Between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act: Recent Case Law

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There is a growing body of case law relating to the treatment of patients with severe anorexia nervosa. I have discussed previous cases s...
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Tuesday, 10 January 2017

The Policing and Crime Act 2017 – Implications for the Mental Health Act and AMHPs

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The Policing and Crime Bill is likely to become law in April 2017. So what, you may ask? This is surely about policing and crime. What d...
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Thursday, 1 December 2016

Ask the AMHP: Problems with Sec.117 and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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Ask The Masked AMHP for the answers to your thorny MHA related problems. He might know the answer. Or not. The Masked AMHP always tri...
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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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