Thursday, 6 July 2017

How to Become an AMHP 2: The Interview

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AMHP courses are almost invariably only open to employees of local authorities or mental health trusts. Even before having an interview, ...
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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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