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Mental health law: College committed to improving training
EDITOR, - We wish to correct inaccuracies in Nigel Eastman's article on mental health law.1 In its examinations the Royal College of Psychiatrists attaches great importance to the principles of mental health legislation. It is not possible, in an international college, to examine the minutiae of individual mental health acts in the written papers. There is no dispute between the college and Irish candidates; candidates from Scotland, and Northern Ireland are also familiar with different legislation from that in England and Wales. In the clinical and oral examinations, when the candidate and examiner are familiar with the same law the candidate's knowledge is examined in detail, particularly as many patients who agree to participate in the examination have at some time been liable to detention under such laws. The royal college's examinations do test another vital aspect - namely, the ability of candidates to assess and diagnose psychiatric disorders.
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