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What happens to patients discharged by Mental Health Review Tribunals?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Philip Wilkinson  and
Michael Sharpe
Philip Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Warneford Hospital
Michael Sharpe
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
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Under the Mental Health Act (1983) Mental Hospital Review Tribunals act as a safeguard against unwarranted detention of patients in psychiatric hospitals. Detention, other than in special hospitals, is most commonly under section 2 (assessment order) or section 3 (treatment order) of the 1983 Act. Patients thus detained have the right to appeal to a Review Tribunal, which has the power to order their discharge.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , June 1993 , pp. 337 - 338
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

References

O'Dwyer, J. & Neville, P. (1991) Appeals against Section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Psychiatric Bulletin, 15, 225–226.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Spencer, D. A. (1989) A medical members analysis of 50 patients at the Mental Health Review Tribunal. Psychiatric Bulletin, 13, 249–250.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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