BMJ 1995;310:1197 (6 May)

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Possible problem with section 12

EDITOR,--Caroline Bradley and colleagues studied appeals against detention under section 2 of the Mental Health Act.1 I recently came up against a problem with section 12 of the act, which gives psychiatrists the power to detain people under the act. I was involved in a case heard by the General Medical Council after I had failed to reapply for approval under section 12 (2) of the act when renewal was due. I had relied on the previous practice of Trent Regional Health Authority and the Department of Health's guidance on the process for approval of medical practitioners under section 12 (2) of the Mental Health Act 1983, which states at paragraph 4: "and subsequently they [the regional health authority] should remind him [the practitioner] that he should apply for renewal of approval if he so wishes."2 The previous practice of Trent Regional Health Authority was to remind practitioners that their . . . [Full text of this article]


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Why do so few patients appeal against detention under section 2 of the mental health act?
Caroline Bradley, Max Marshall, and Dennis Gath
BMJ 1995 310: 364-367. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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