Implications of supervision registers in psychiatry

EDITOR, - Recent incidents have led to concern that discharged psychiatric patients may pose a risk to themselves or others.1, 2 The Clunis inquiry recommended the establishment of a special supervision group to monitor those patients presenting most risk.3 Patients were deemed to need close supervision if they fulfilled two of the following criteria: they had been detained several times under the Mental Health Act, had a history of violence or persistent …