Physical health examination in Section 136 suites
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Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: a new literature review.
Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended) provides police officers in the United Kingdom with the authority to remove individuals who appear to be suffering from a mental illness from any public place to a designated 'place of safety' for appropriate assessment. A considerable amount of research has been dedicated to investigate who is detained under this section and how it is impleme...
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Aims and method Two police liaison and section 136 schemes were developed alongside police services at different sites within the same NHS trust. In one, a mental health nurse worked with frontline police attending incidents related to mental health. The other involved nurses providing advice from the police control room. Section 136 detentions were measured over two 6-month periods (6 months a...
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Physical disease is more prevalent in people with mental disorder than in the general population. It is important for psychiatrists to maintain skills in physical examination to ensure that physical illness is diagnosed and treated appropriately. A sound knowledge of medical illness ensures that examination is targeted at the relevant diseases. Mental health units should provide adequate facili...
متن کاملSection 136, The Mental Health Act 1983; levels of knowledge among accident and emergency doctors, senior nurses, and police constables.
OBJECTIVES Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 empowers the police to detain those suspected of being mentally ill in public places, and convey them to a place of safety. In practice, accident and emergency (A&E) departments are often used. The authors assessed levels of knowledge of section 136 between A&E doctors, senior nurses, and police constables. METHODS Doctors and senior nurses...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1355-5146,1472-1481
DOI: 10.1192/apt.18.1.78b