Statement on Acute Behavioural Disturbance (ABD) from the Royal College of Psychiatrists
The College states it is extremely concerned by the use of 'Excited Delirium' and 'Acute Behavioural Disturbance (ABD)' as diagnoses or...
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- Aug 3, 2021
The challenges of assessing mental capacity
The findings of a national survey of health and social care professionals looking at assessing mental capacity has recently been...
- Jul 30, 2021
BMJ report on Covid 19 risk to people with learning disabilities
The British Medical Journal (15 July 2021) has published research on the risks of covid-19 hospital admission and death for people with...
- Jul 18, 2021
Goodbye CCGs and hello to the CQC inspecting adult social services!
15 July 2021, the Health and Care Bill is currently going through Parliament and if it follows a similar journey to the Liberty...
- Jul 6, 2021
Use or weigh information
The impact of paranoid (delusional) beliefs on the ability to use or weigh information was part of a recent ruling concerning a man...
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