Ian Cummins explores a qualitative study which finds that police officers are ambiguous about their involvement in mental health emergencies.
[read the full story...]Policing and mental health: what do police officers think?
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The importance of adopting a person-centred approach in psychiatry
Emmeline Lagunes summarises a recent paper from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which outlines the importance of person-centred care in contemporary medicine and psychiatry.
[read the full story...]Advanced Decision-Making: promoting self-determination in mental health law
Bethany Green summarises a report that recommends legal reform in England and Wales in regards to advanced decision-making in mental health.
[read the full story...]PACT advance decision-making template: is another form really the answer?
Peter Bartlett considers the usefulness of the new PACT advance-decision making template, which is a fillable template for advance decision making in fluctuating mental health conditions – PACT (Preferences and Advance decisions for Crisis and Treatment).
[read the full story...]What can be done during the MHA Assessment process to reduce compulsory psychiatric admissions?
Kevin Stone writes his debut blog on a recent mixed methods study that aimed to identify factors in the MHA Assessment process which facilitate or impede reducing compulsory psychiatric admissions.
[read the full story...]Involuntary admission for psychiatric care: a review of clinical and social risk factors
Alice Wickersham summarises a new systematic review and meta-analysis on the clinical and social risk factors for involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation, which has been published today in The Lancet Psychiatry.
[read the full story...]Mental health service users’ experiences of statutory detentions: lessons for reform
Jill Hemmington publishes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis, which looks at patients’ experiences of assessment and detention under mental health legislation.
[read the full story...]Disability rights, mental health treatment and the United Nations #RonR2019
Alex Ruck Keene, an expert in mental capacity and mental health law, explores a new debate article in which Dr Paul Gosney and Professor Peter Bartlett discuss whether or not the UK Government should withdraw from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This is an essential read for anyone interested in compulsory treatment, human rights, inequalities and the socio-economic factors underpinning mental ill-health. All topics that we’ll be discussing in detail next month as part of the #RonR2019 conference.
[read the full story...]Do nurses and social workers AMHPs make similar decisions in Mental Health Assessments?
Martin Stevens reviews a study by Kevin Stone, which compares the decision-making of nurse and social worker Approved Mental Health Practitioners (AMHPs) undertaking Mental Health Assessments.
[read the full story...]Coercion and power in psychiatry #MHQT
Ian Cummins explores a Belgian qualitative study looking at the experiences of people who have been subject to compulsory mental health legislation and admitted to hospital against their will.
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