Wed.Nov 15, 2023

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DHSC rejects experts’ plan to curb ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement of disabled people in hospital

Community Care

The government has rejected an expert panel’s proposal to “severely curtail” the “inhumane” solitary confinement of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in mental health hospitals. In a damning report published last week , psychiatrist and learning disability expert Baroness Sheila Hollins said there was “no therapeutic benefit” to the long-term segregation of people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in hospital.

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S.13(4): The Right of the Nearest Relative to request a Mental Health Act Assessment

The Masked AMHP

Relatives are often unaware of their right under s.13(4) MHA to request an assessment of their relative under the Mental Health Act.Those who are aware, are often under the mistaken belief that this will inevitably trigger a visit to their relative by an AMHP and two doctors.S.

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GEPE Notebooks – Academic Journal of the Study and Research Group on Ethics

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

About the Journal This Journal has pedagogical and scientific characteristics at the same time. In this sense, in his articles he presents unpublished reflections both from researchers who are in training, and from the best and most established researchers that the editors can attract to publish in the magazine, as well as from university professors in the field of ethics and related topics who are available. to launch bold articles with socio-intellectual impact in the academic world.