( 2007 ), “ Capacity to protect – the Mental Capacity Act explained ”, Journal of Adult Protection , Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 25 ‐ 32 . [Abstract] []Williamson, T. (2007), ``Capacity to protect - the Mental Capacity Act explained'', Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 9 No. 1, ...
2007 marks a major step forward in the history of adult protection with the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in England and Wales. Understandably, debates about adult protection have usually focused on the more obvious types of abuse - sexual, physical, financial and emotional. The Mental...
Further changes within the Act include the introduction oflasting powers of attorney(LPA), which extend to health and welfare decisions. When a health professional has a significant concern relating to decisions about serious medical treatment taken under the authority of an LPA, the case can be r...
The role of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service (IMCA) is explained in Booklet 6: Making decisions - The IMCA service - Helping people who are unable to make some decisions for themselves (pdf 609KB) DOI: http://www.medway.gov.uk/carehealthandsupport/adults/sga-profess ...
Recent research has attested to the prevalence of mental health issues in sport, and the need to identify factors that could promote athletes’ mental health. In this study, we investigated: (a) whether authentic leadership is associated with athletes’ mental health directly and indirectly via psy...
Humans spend on average 6.5 hours a day online. A large portion of that time is dedicated to information-seeking. How does this activity impact mental health? We assess this over four studies (n = 1,145). We reveal that the valence of informatio
Distributions for scores on Factor 1: 'Support for the powers of the Mental Health Act to protect from harm'. Full size image Factor 2: 'Primacy of best interests' This factor includes 11 items which explained 7.4% of the variance in the item responses. It contains items relating to the ...
Stress, depression, and anxiety are prevalent issues among SME employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even while having meaningful work that expressively contributes to individual growth has been related to improving mental health, employees’ work may
7.24.4Pervasive Economic and Health Disparities Both the National Academy of Medicine, formerly known as theInstitute of Medicine (2011), and the National Institutes of Health (see theSupporting Older AmericansAct of 2020) have prioritized older LGBT adults as at-risk andunderserved populationswho fa...
In keeping with this, only 59.1% of high-income countries have specified their national mental health programs. On one hand, the low figures can be explained by the fact that many of these countries have laid down plans in various sectors of mental health (rather than a unified plan) or ...