This wall chart created by the authors of the best selling book: Working with the Mental Health Act shows the most commonly used detention powers of the Act. It is a quick and effective reference point for staff and patients to check on the correct use of the legislation in daily practice. Sections 2, 3, 5(2), 5(4), 37, 135, 136, Community Treatment Orders and Guardianship are all summarised under the following headings:
Purpose of section
Legal criteria
Duration
Staff involved
Treatment powers
Leave of absence
Duties on staff
Right of appeal
Right to advocacy
Ways to be discharged
Code of Practice guidance
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) is also detailed.
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