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Training in the Mental Health Act: see one, do one, teach one?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Judy Harrison
Judy Harrison*
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9WL (formerly Lecturer, University of Manchester Department of Community Psychiatry, Royal Preston Hospital)
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In contrast to other professional groups, psychiatrists currently receive little formal training in the use of the Mental Health Act (MHA). This article describes a locally organised training day for senior registrars and reports on their previous experiences and future training needs in the use of the MHA.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 160 - 161
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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