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Disagreements between psychiatrists and social workers over compulsory admissions under the 1983 Mental Health Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert G. Sammut  and
Howard Sergeant
Robert G. Sammut
Affiliation:
Hackney Hospital, Homerton High Street, London E9 6SR
Howard Sergeant
Affiliation:
Royal Free Hospital and Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG
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We followed up 33 cases over three months where psychiatrists recommended the compulsory detention in hospital of mentally ill men and women but social workers disagreed. Seventeen of the cases were detained a mean of 25 days after the index date of assessment by social workers, but the group as a whole spent fewer days in hospital than a “control” set of patients whose detention had been agreed (P = 0.02). The terms of reference of the Mental Health Act Commission should be extended to cover such cases.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 8 , August 1993 , pp. 462 - 465
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