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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: Summary

 

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