The Mental Health Act 1983 introduced two new remand powers, one to enable accused persons to be remanded to hospital for reports on their mental condition, the other enabling remand for psychiatric treatment. This article reviews the use of these powers since the Act came into force and seeks...
The Mental Health Act 1983 came into force in September 1983. The new legislation had its roots in the Royal Commission on Mentally Abnormal Offenders (The Butler Report) and in Larry Costin’s “A Human Condition” Volume 1 distributed by MIND.This...
The Act provides for the involuntary civil admission of patients on grounds of mental disorder. It also establishes the Mental Health Commission and the Inspectorate of Mental Health Services. It establishes three-person Mental Health Tribunals which review the detention of patients on a regular basis...
The meaning of MENTAL ILLNESS is any of a broad range of medical conditions (such as major depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, or panic disorder) that are marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, or emoti
The meaning of MENTAL ILLNESS is any of a broad range of medical conditions (such as major depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, or panic disorder) that are marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, or emoti
Keown P, Mercer G, Scott J: Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics, involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act 1983, and number of psychiatric beds in England 1996–2006. BMJ. 2008, 337: a1837-doi:10.1136/bmj.a1837 PubMed Central PubMed Google Scholar Myklebust LH, So...
Yet in neoliberally oriented contexts in which distress engendered through the everyday hardships of poverty is increasingly pathologised and medicalised, important questions are raised over the assumptions inherent within mental health policy and its implementation. Using the UK as a focus, this ...
The mental health of students has become one of the top concerns in higher education. The number of students reporting distress and seeking services has dramatically increased, and colleges and universities are struggling to address these challenges. A r
Over a wide-ranging 75-minute interview, GRAMMY.com unpacks Everything Everything's extensive lore, their shift towards poppier music, and the way Higgs addresses mental health. When asked about the origins of EE’s fascination with conspiracies and hate groups,...
This shift will help to break long-standing stigmas around mental health issues, and force more brands to meet their consumers—aka all of us!—on our level rather than some impossible standard we’ll never reach. It’s music to the ears of Gen Z, over 50% of whom would have a more...