There has been considerable debate since the passage of the Mental Health Act 1983 concerning the lawfulness of using this form of "double detention" to confer a power on the responsible medical officer (R.M.O.) to require acceptance of treatment. It is argued that although there is no ...
Mental health legislation in the era of community psychiatry In the Mental Health Act 1983 a revived form of legalism set some limits to medical discretion. A recent White Paper followed by a draft Mental Health... G Szmukler - 《Psychiatry Interpersonal & Biological Processes》 被引量: 11发...
The recent English Mental Capacity Act 2005 is described and compared with mental health legislation. Some of the difficulties of defining mental capacity ... Hotopf,M. - 《Clinical Medicine》 被引量: 41发表: 2005年 Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) The recent English Mental Capacity Act 2005...
The article discusses the changes on the roles of chartered psychologists concerning the amendment of Mental Health Act 1983 to Mental Health Act 2007 in Great Britain. The published Code of Practice entitles the chartered psychologist to carry out functions of psychiatrists. Guidance is also provided...
The timely identification of patients who are at risk of a mental health crisis can lead to improved outcomes and to the mitigation of burdens and costs. However, the high prevalence of mental health problems means that the manual review of complex patie
www.neuropsychopharmacologyreviews.org 113 Adult Neurogenesis and Mental Illness Timothy J Schoenfeld1 and Heather A Cameron*,1 1Section on Neuroplasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Several lines of evidence suggest that adult neurogenesis, ...
obtain abundant information to allow them to perform a thorough mental health examination and to form a differentiated view of an evaluee's work capacity... L Mari - 《Tidsskrift for Den Norske Lgeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Rkke》 被引量: 0发表: 2014年 Decision-making capac...
Early-life adversity (ELA) exposure is suggested to accelerate development. However, the influence of ELA on neurodevelopmental trajectories has not been assessed directly but largely inferred from retrospective reporting in adult cohorts. Using multimod
Chronic mental illnesses (CMIs) pose a significant challenge to global health due to their complex and poorly understood etiologies and hence, absence of causal therapies. Research of the past two decades has revealed dysfunction of the disrupted in schi
It will enable clinicians to make an accurate diagnosis and provide appropriate treatment, which will consequently reduce chances of clinical brain damage and other health problems. It will also improve the safety standards in industry and will enhance the quality of education. Funding: This research...