Psychiatry for Undergraduates

1990 ◽  
Vol 156 (4) ◽  
pp. 596-597
Author(s):  
J. J. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Future Doctor

What should one offer to undergraduates as recommended reading for the 1990s? Since the question was last addressed in this journal (Mindham, 1982) much in psychiatry has altered. The student needs to be aware of the reorganisation of mental health services, with the closure of many old hospitals and the push into the community. Other changes include a growth in the elderly population, an ever-increasing number of psychotropic drugs, more emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach and the role of substance abuse in mental disorder, and the strengthened relationship between psychiatry and both general practice and other hospital medical services. There has been new mental health legislation since 1982, and the future doctor will also need to adjust to the advent of NHS reforms, with all its ramifications.

The Role of the GP in United Kingdom Mental Health Legislation

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 675-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shona N. Bennett ◽  
Mark Harrison ◽  
Michelle Gilmore ◽  
Daniel M. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Health Legislation

GPs may be required to assist in the administration of Mental Health or Mental Capacity Legislation. Although infrequent, this process can be complicated and time consuming. Due to different legal systems, the role of the GP in civil commitment varies considerably throughout the UK. This article aims to give a brief overview of the main pieces of legislation in the different areas of the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and to assist the GP in navigating the practicalities of applying the law to clinical cases.

scholarly journals The Nearest Relative and Nominated Person: A Tale of Parliamentary Shenanigans

2014 ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Tim Spencer-Lane
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
First Century ◽  
Parliamentary Debates ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Mental Health Patients ◽  
The Family ◽  
Post War ◽  
Health Legislation

<p>The nearest relative (NR) has proved to be a resilient feature of mental health legislation. The powers and the rules for the identification of the NR remain largely unchanged since the role was introduced in the Mental Health Act 1959, with the Mental Health Acts 1983 and 2007 only having made relatively minor modifications. The NR has even survived two attempts to abolish it, in the draft Mental Health Bills of 2002 and 2004.</p><p>Few would doubt that the NR provides an important legal safeguard for the rights of mental health patients. However, the rules for establishing the identity of the NR relative are, by common consent, deeply flawed. The identification rules are rooted in the 1950s and reflect many of the assumptions about the structure and role of the family that were prevalent in the immediate post-war period. As such, they fail to reflect the lives and circumstances of mental health patients in the twenty-first century.</p><p>This paper outlines, briefly, the role of the NR and the changes introduced by the Mental Health Act 2007, and the main criticisms of the rules for identifying the NR. Its main purpose, however, is to set out the reforms to those rules that were nearly achieved by the Mental Health Alliance during the passage of the Mental Health Bill 2006 and to document the ensuing Parliamentary debates. The paper concludes by considering the future of the NR.</p>

scholarly journals Forthcoming events

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 700-701
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Memory Clinic ◽  
Mental Health Setting ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Care Mapping ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Dementia Care Mapping

The Wirral and West Cheshire Community NHS Trust would like to announce a two-day conference entitled The Third Age into the Millennium – The Future of Elderly Mental Health Care. Taking place in Chester on 22–23 November 1999, this conference is aimed at a multi-disciplinary audience working within the elderly mental health setting. Topics will include service development, nursing in the year 2000, interface between medicine and psychiatry, dementia care mapping, memory clinic and CPA and Mental Health legislation. Further information: Alison Carroll, Business Manager, Mental Health, Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral CH63 0LN (telephone: 051 334 4000, ext 4045). CPD points: 10.

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