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Recommended amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ikechukwu Azuonye
Ikechukwu Azuonye*
Affiliation:
Abraham Cowley Unit, St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey
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Having been closely involved in the admission of patients into hospital under various provisions of the Mental Health Act 19831,2,3 (and its predecessor, the 1959 Act), I have made notes over the years of aspects of the 1983 Act which need to be amended in the interests of the patients, their families and the professionals who have to care for them in hospital and in the community.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 12 , Issue 12 , December 1988 , pp. 525 - 527
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988

References

1. Mental Health Act 1983 London: HMSO.Google Scholar
2. Mental Health Act 1983: Memorandum on Parts I to VI, VIII and X (DHSS).Google Scholar
3. Mental Health Act 1983 Section 118 – Draft Code of Practice. London: DHSS.Google Scholar
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