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Section 1:
Background
(1.1) Section 1: Background
(1.2) How the Act came into being
(1.3) Chief concerns of the Act
(1.4) Section 1: Think point
(1.5) The relationship between national and international mental
health law
(1.6) Section 1:
Summary
Section 2: Preliminary and
general
(2.1) Section 2: Preliminary and general
(2.2) A definition of mental disorder
(2.3) Section 2: Exercise 1
(2.4) A definition of mental illness
(2.5) A definition of severe dementia
(2.6) A definition of significant intellectual disability
(2.7) A definition of mental health
(2.8) A definition of an examination
(2.9) A definition of treatment
(2.10) Section 2: Exercise 2
(2.11) Section 2: Exercise 2 suggested answers
(2.12) Section 2:
Summary
Section 3: Involuntary admission
of persons to approved centres
(3.1) Section 3: Involuntary admission of persons to approved
centres
(3.2) Best interests
(3.3) Grounds for involuntary admission
(3.4) Section 3: Recap 1
(3.5) Application for involuntary admission
(3.6) Who is disqualified from applying for involuntary
admission?
(3.7) Section 3: Recap 2
(3.8) Removal of the person to the approved centre
(3.9) Completing an admission order
(3.10) Final steps
(3.11) Further areas covered in Part 2 of the Act
(3.12) Further areas
(3.13) Further areas
(3.14) Further areas
(3.15) Further areas
(3.16) Section 3:
Summary
Section 4: Independent
review
(4.1) Section 4: Independent review
(4.2) The Mental Health Commission
(4.3) Membership of the Commission
(4.4) The appointment of tribunals
(4.5) The tribunal review of the patient
(4.6) Section 4: Recap 1
(4.7) The Inspector of Mental Health
(4.8) Section 4:
Summary
Section 5: Consent to
treatment
(5.1) Section 5: Consent to treatment
(5.2) Consent
(5.3) Section 5: Think point
(5.4) Discussion points
(5.5) Consent in relation to psychosurgery, electro-convulsive
therapy and administration of medication
(5.6) Approved centres
(5.7) Clinical trials
(5.8) Miscellaneous issues
(5.9) Section 5: Recap
(5.10) Section 5:
Summary
Section 6:
Implementation
(6.1) Section 6: Implementation
(6.2) Responses to the Mental Health Act 2001
(6.3) Concerns
(6.4) Differences with other legislation
(6.5) Review of the Act
(6.6) Section 6:
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