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The Commission was originally set up in 1960 under the Mental Health Act. Our duties are set out in current mental health and incapacity law.

This presentation was given by Penny Curtis from the mental health unit in the Scottish Government. It describes the consultation on the new mental health strategy for Scotland.

Aware Lecture: July 13th 2016 Title: “The History of Mental Healthcare in the early 20th Century” Speaker: Dr Lisa Butterly, Historian and Patient Advocate. Summary: The topics covered range from transport links with mental health institutions to the role of local and national government in mental healthcare in a time of war and revolution.

In this video we explain the most commonly used sections (Sections 2,3,4,5(2), 5(4), 135 and 136) of the Mental Health Act, including their purpose, duration and professions involved in them. For more medicine videos consider subscribing (if you found any of the info useful!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRks8wB6vgz0E7buP0L_5RQ?sub ...

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The Community Empowerment Act is an important new piece of Scottish legislation with opportunities to reduce health inequalities through the redistribution of power – but that depends on us really understanding what power is, where power lies and how this relates to health. http://www.healthscotland.scot/health-inequalities/fundamental-causes ...

When people have mental health difficulties, early intervention is important. So Royal Bank of Scotland Social & Community Capital is proud to support Crisis, a charity that provides counselling services to children, adolescents and adults.

The Mental Health Act outlines when you can be taken to hospital, kept there, and treated against your wishes. This can only happen if you have a mental disorder that puts you, or others, at risk. You should only be detained under the Mental Health Act if there are no other ways to keep you, or others, safe. If you need any more information ...

For full Versions and transcripts go to: http://www.psychstudentinteractive.com/# This is a quick overview of key mental health act terms and how they fit in with each other as a process. This is relevant for England and is correct at the time of upload. Disclaimer: mental health act legislation is subject to ammedments, please ensure you are ...

56th Maudsley Debate 'This house believes that fundamental reform of the Mental Health Act is required to reduce discrimination and unnecessary detention.' For: Rt Hon Norman Land MP Professor George Szmukler Against: Professor Scott Welch Professor Annie Bartlett Chair: Professor Anthony David

Resources and guidelines to help consumers and health professionals understand the Mental Health Act.

Baroness Finlay, Chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum explains The Mental Capacity Act is there to empower people to make decisions and to support them when their capacity for making decisions is impaired. It means that you have to look at what the individual needs, and it is specific to a decision at a specific time. It’s not a ...

Researched, written, directed, shot, and edited by Anthony Ericsson. Narrated by Jacob Sorensen. Voice Cast: Jacob Sorensen - Philippe Pinel Spencer Kenawell - William Tuke Claire Morse - Dorothea Dix Anthony Ericsson - Thomas Story Kirkbride Emmi Kilgallen - Nellie Bly Morgan Hartwell - Horace Mann Abridged List of Sources: The Mad Among Us: A ...

http://www.healthscotland.scot/health-inequalities/what-are-health-inequalities About NHS Health Scotland's partnership work to reduce stark health inequalities in Glasgow. A clip from the 'Championing the Public's Health' programme, an ITN and Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) partnership production.

Dr Claud Regnard (Honory Consultant in Palliative Care Medicine, St Oswald’s Hospice) explains the Mental Capacity Act (England & Wales) and the legal requirements for making best Interest decisions when someone lacks capacity to make a particular decision #pcpld https://www.pcpld.org/donate/

What is the process of somebody being detained (sectioned, committed) under the Mental Health Act, and what criteria need to be met for somebody to be mentally ill enough to warrant compulsory admission? In this video on the Mental Health Act 1983 I cover Section 2 and Section 3 of the Mental Health Act. Other terms introduced are Mental Health ...

Section 132 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (revised 2007) gives the Hospital Managers the responsibility of informing patients detained under the Act of their rights under the Act both verbally and in writing in a way they can understand. I am Dr Beth Colby, a psychiatrist from London. Other videos on my Talk Mental Health channel include ...

The Mental Capacity Act is a legal frame work that was introduced in 2007. It enables health and social care professionals to consider the provision of care and treatment for service users who may lack capacity or are unable to give consent to their treatment. For more information please follow this link http://www.lancashirecare.nhs.uk/about ...

An animated guide to the Mental Capacity Act produced for the Dorset County Council Mental Capacity Act team. The guide explains the key principles in an easy to understand form.

Section 135 (1) of the Mental Health Act is the power to remove a person from a dwelling if it is considered they have a mental disorder and that they may be in need of care and attention for this. With the agreement of the person they can be assessed at the dwelling or removed to the place of safety for the assessment to take place there. For ...

Section 2 is part of the civil sections under the Mental Health Act. It provides for someone to be detained in hospital under a legal framework for an assessment and treatment of their mental disorder. For more information please follow this link http://www.lancashirecare.nhs.uk/about-us/Mental-Health-Act-Information/Section-2.php

This innovative video is a joint project of the IWK Health Centre and the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). It was designed to help combat the stigma attached to mental illness and will be used to educate health care providers and hospital staff across the country who work with children and youth.

The Care Act 2014 is the law that sets out how adult social care in England should be provided. If you need to find out more information about this law and how you could be affected by it then head here 👉 rethink.org/advice-and-information/carers-hub/

Being sectioned means that you are kept in hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983. Read our quick facts for an overview of what it means and your rights.

Mental health legislation in most jurisdictions (including England and Wales) discriminates against people with a mental illness. When it comes to involuntary treatment, it fails to respect - without adequate justification - the 'autonomy' of people with a mental illness, in stark contrast to the treatment of people with a physical illness. It ...

Even though every formal assessment under the Mental Health Act 1983 is different, the actual procedure tends to follow a typical pattern. Assessments have a similar structure, or series of steps, which have a logical sequence, and need to be followed if the assessment is to meet legal, ethical and professional standards. The steps are as ...

In this video on the Mental Health Act 1983 I cover the basics of Section 2 and Section 3. Other terms introduced are Mental Health Act Assessment, Approved Mental Health Professional, , Nearest Relative, Mental Health Review Tribunals, Managers' Hearings, Independent Mental Health Advocate, Second Opinion Appointed Doctor (SOAD), Section 17 ...

A Responsible Clinician has overall responsibility for care and treatment for service users being assessed and treated under the Act. These responsibilities include; • Making decisions about treatment • Reviewing detentions • Assessing whether the criteria for renewing detention are met • Granting leave of absence for detained patients ...

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explains the legal and operational implications of the Mental Capacity Act 2005

The Independent Mental Health Advocate is trained to work within the framework of the Mental Health Act. The Independent Mental Health Advocate role provides an additional safeguard for service users who are subject to the Mental Health Act. The Independent Mental Health Advocate works alongside mental health services to ensure that "qualifying ...

This video explains the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and how it can protect the right to make choices. For people who need the MCA, their carers, and others. The film above includes people who lack capacity, discussing it. Learn more: https://www.scie.org.uk/mca-directory/ From the Social Care Institute for Excellence: https://www.scie.org.uk/

Britain's High Dependency Psych Ward (Prison Documentary) | Real Stories Since its foundation 150 years ago, Broadmoor Hospital has fascinated the public and the media, but there are many misconceptions about what it does and the patients it is responsible for. Now for the first time it has opened its doors to a TV camera crew, giving ...

Scenario 1 Applying the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) in everyday practice. This is a free resource which shows how the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) is applied in everyday practice and asks the viewer to consider questions relating to the MCA for each of the six scenarios. Scenario 1- Mary is a resident in a care home. Mary has moderate dementia ...

We have set out proposals for the biggest reforms to the Mental Health Act for 40 years. Mental Health Equalities advisor for NHS England, Dr Jacqui Dyer, explains how these proposed changes will tackle disparities faced by people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds in access, experience and outcomes of mental healthcare.

This video explains Involuntary Treatment Orders, what's involved, and how the Mental Health Law Centre can support you.

A short description of the five principles of the mental capacity act

This film focuses on the very rewarding, diverse but complex role of a social worker within an Emergency Duty Team. Learn more: https://www.scie.org.uk The film looks at the complexity of cases ranging from child protection to mental health assessments and decisions that need to be made in the context of each individual case to achieve best ...

This presentation describes the etiology of mental retardation and discusses the potential for rehabilitation counseling and work potential in the various levels of retardation. In this presentation normal intellectual growth and development are first described. The effects of the inadequate intellectual functioning on the life of the retarded ...

A collaborative project between Yale and Cambridge on bringing to life recovery oriented care delivery in Mental Health through Person Centered Care Planning. The 7 minute video provides glimpses of the four aspects, Philosophy of PCCP, Process, Plan and Purpose. For more information visit www.promise.global

Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian institutions all across the country. Today, most mental patients live out in the community and the asylums have all but disappeared. Through powerful ...

From Asylums to Recovery: The Fight for Civil Rights and Humane Treatment for People with Psychiatric Disorders This documentary is a compelling history of the consumer and survivor/ex-patient movements in the United States from 1960 to the present. It is the incredible story of the ongoing emergence of thousands of people who have been pushed ...

The decision of the Supreme Court in R (Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2023] UKSC 31 has shone a spotlight on the complexities to which s.117 MHA 1983 can give rise. Further, whilst it has given much-needed clarity in relation to some areas, there remain practical and principled questions that ...

The definition of seclusion as described in the Mental Health Act Code of Practice is explored in this video. The video includes three scenarios to highlight the requirements of the Code.

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The origins of occupational therapy are rooted in mental health, as the creation of the profession dovetailed with the early 20th century’s mental hygiene movement. With the call for deinstitutionalization of individuals with mental illness, which culminated in the 1963 Community Mental Health Act, occupational therapists and occupational ...

The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (the Act) raised the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland from 8 to 12 years of age. This means that children under the age of 12 will no longer be dealt with as criminal suspects. This animation explains the changes to the legislation.

Our team at Scotch Horn day centre in Nailsea, introduce and explain the main points of the Mental Capacity Act, in easy-to-understand language.