Tuesday, 18 August 2020

Miranda: Applying the First Principle -- the least restrictive option -- to a MHA assessment request

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  There are five overarching principles underpinning the Mental Health Act 1983. AMHPs and others acting within the MHA are bound to adhere ...
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Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Ricky No Wonder: The perils of persuading someone with bipolar affective disorder to go into hospital.

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  The perils of persuading someone with bipolar affective disorder to go into hospital. Ricky was an electrician. He also had bipolar affe...
Tuesday, 4 August 2020

The First MHA Assessment under the 1959 MHA that I ever did

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After getting the job of unqualified generic social worker in 1976 I worked for two years with a mixed caseload. This mainly consisted of el...
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Sunday, 19 July 2020

Violet

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During my years practising first as a Mental Welfare Officer, then as an Approved Social Worker and then as an AMHP, I’ve been in a few t...
Saturday, 11 July 2020

June: An Assessment Under the Mental Health Act 1959

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As the British Association of Social Workers has been celebrating its 50 years of existence, there has been a lot of discussion about whethe...
Saturday, 27 June 2020

"You'll have a cup of tea..."

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Another story from my long career as a social worker, ASW & AMHP. In which the Masked AMHP is held hostage during a MHA assessment.
Friday, 19 June 2020

Death & Fire Bunnies

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The latest video from the Masked AMHP's YouTube Channel. This is about helping an old lady who had just lost her husband, and at the ...