Sunday, 26 November 2023

Perdita: Encounters with a woman with dissociative identity disorder. Part 1: I'm asked to assess Perdita under the Mental Health Act – but is it the best way forward?

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  Perdita had suffered horribly for most of her life. She had been abused physically, sexually and emotionally as a child, and as an adult h...
Wednesday, 15 November 2023

S.13(4): The Right of the Nearest Relative to request a Mental Health Act Assessment

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  Relatives are often unaware of their right under s.13(4) MHA to request an assessment of their relative under the Mental Health Act. Those...
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Thursday, 9 November 2023

Displacing the Nearest Relative

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  The Mental Health Act 1959 first introduced the concept, role and statutory rights and duties of the Nearest Relative applying to patients...
Thursday, 2 November 2023

How to survive in social work

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  One day, while I was still working in a Community Mental Health Team, one of our nurses returned to base in tears. She had been visiting o...
Sunday, 22 October 2023

An Unusual Social Work Dilemma

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  This video is about an unusual dilemma I found myself in while working in a Community Mental Health Team. One day, I was asked to follow...
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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