Mental Health Act 1983 information leaflets
On 15/10/08 the Department of Health published updated information leaflets, to be used from 3/11/08. The following leaflets can be accessed by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page:
Detention under Part 2
- Admission to hospital for assessment - Section 2
- Admission to hospital for treatment - Section 3
- Nurses' power to detain a person being treated for mental disorder at a hospital
- Detention in hospital for assessment in an emergency
- Detention of patients already in hospital
Sections 135 and 136 ('Place of safety')
- Admission of mentally disordered persons found in a public place
- Admission of patients removed by police under a court warrant
Detention under Part 3
- Admission to hospital by a hospital order with restrictions
- Admission to hospital by a hospital order without restrictions
- Admission to hospital by hospital and limitation directions
- Interim hospital order
- Remand to hospital for assessment
- Remand to hospital for treatment
- Patients admitted to hospital from the courts - rights to appeal
- Transfer to hospital of an unsentenced prisoner (with or without restrictions)
- Transfer to hospital with restrictions of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment
- Transfer to hospital without restrictions of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment
- Patients whose restrictions have come to an end
Guardianship
- Guardianship (Section 7)
- Guardianship order (Section 37)
Supervised community treatment (SCT)
- Supervised community treatment for Part 2 patients
- Supervised community treatment for Part 3 patients
- Recall to hospital of a patient on supervised community treatment
- Revocation of community treatment order for treatment under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act
- Revocation of community treatment order for treatment under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act
Miscellaneous
- Electro-convulsive therapy for patients detained in hospital
- Your right to complain to the Mental Health Act Commission
Resources
Mental Health Act 1983 information leaflets on Department of Health website