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Working for the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

Report of a senior registrar attachment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rhona Morrison  and
John Geddes
Rhona Morrison
Affiliation:
Forensic Psychiatry, Douglas Inch Centre, Glasgow G3 7U
John Geddes*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
*
∗Correspondence: Dr J. Geddes, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
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Abstract

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In this article we describe a six-month attachment to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland undertaken as part of higher professional training. We discuss the training benefits of such an attachment, emphasising the valuable overview it provided of mental health policy and the use of guardianship and leave of absence.

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Education
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 480 - 481
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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