The Masked AMHP

Monday, 18 October 2021

When Love Goes Wrong 2: Psychotic or Delusional Disorders

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  Psychotic or delusional disorders can manifest in two basic ways: Morbid jealousy  (also known as Othello Syndrome) is when a person hol...
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Monday, 11 October 2021

When Love Goes Wrong 1: Adjustment Disorders

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Love can sometimes give rise to bizarre and irrational behaviour. Indeed, it has been argued that since the definition of a delusion “is a s...
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Monday, 19 July 2021

Rosemary’s MHA Assessment from the Channel 4 series Bedlam

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  This is an extract from a Channel   4 series called Bedlam. This particular episode was first broadcast on 14 th November 2013, and featu...
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Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Another inquest for a death in a private mental hospital – why do we even have private hospitals?

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  On 11th June 2019 Brooke Martin, who was 19, was found suspended from a ligature point in her bedroom at Chadwick Lodge Hospital run by El...
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Monday, 5 July 2021

Rectifiable & non rectifiable errors on MHA forms

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  This fascinating yet also informative post is all about how to fill in statutory MHA forms correctly. This is vitally important, as an inv...
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Monday, 28 June 2021

The Peggy Copeman Inquest and what it says about Mental Health Services

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  This is a special post looking at the implications of the Peggy Copeman Inquest, which concluded on Friday, 25th June 2021. Peggy Copema...
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Monday, 21 June 2021

When the people you’re trying to help seek to deceive #2: Nigel

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  From the early 80’s to the late 90’s I used to do out of hours standby duty sessions. I covered nights and weekends, in addition to the da...
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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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