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Most psychiatrists oppose plans for new mental health act
BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7290.866/a (Published 07 April 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:866
- M J Crawford (m.crawford@ic.ac.uk), consultant psychiatrist,
- W Hopkins, consultant psychiatrist,
- P Thomas, consultant psychiatrist,
- J Moncreiff, specialist registrar in psychiatry,
- J Bindman, consultant psychiatrist,
- A J Gray, specialist registrar in psychiatry
- Imperial College, St Mary's Campus, London W2 1PD
- Edgware Community Hospital, Middlesex HA8 0AD
- Bradford Community Health Trust, Bradford BD7 3EG
- Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RP
- Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, London SE5 8AZ
- St Anne's Orchard, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 4EZ
EDITOR—In his editorial Szmukler expressed concerns about government plans to introduce legislation that would enable the preventative detention of people classified as having a dangerous severe personality disorder.1 We believe that most psychiatrists in Britain share these concerns.
This view is supported by the results of a survey that we conducted last year, which entailed sending a brief questionnaire to every consultant psychiatrist in England and Wales. The questionnaire …
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