Wednesday, 20 September 2023

The Sorry Tale of a Failing Mental Health Trust, a Murder – and 2 Inquiries

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In 2022 the Norfolk and Suffolk Mental Health Foundation Trust failed a Care Quality Commission Inspection for the fourth time since its il...
Wednesday, 16 August 2023

JG, section 117 and ordinary residence: recent case law from the Supreme Court

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  S.117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 stipulates the important duty for local authorities and the NHS to provide aftercare for patients who ...
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Thursday, 7 July 2022

The Draft Mental Health Bill 2022

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The Mental Health Act 1983 has been through a long process of review. Wessely’s Review was published in December 2018, and the Government Wh...
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Tuesday, 28 December 2021

Thinking out of the Box: Reminiscences of an Out-of-Hours Social Worker #5

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Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, as well as being a social worker during the day, I also used to do shifts on the emergency out of hours se...
Monday, 20 December 2021

A Christmas Eve Mental Health Act Assessment

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  What every AMHP dreads: being on duty on Christmas Eve and getting a MHAA request just as you’re finishing.
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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