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== Practical guidance for lawyers ==
== Practical guidance for lawyers ==


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[[Regional Chairmen's Manual]]
[[Regional Chairmen's Manual]]


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[[Parole Board]]
[[Parole Board]]
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== Types of detention ==
== Types of detention ==


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'''[[Types of detention]]''' including the following:
'''[[Types of detention]]'''


'''[[Admission for assessment]]''' (s2)
:*'''[[Admission for assessment]]''' (s2)


'''[[Admission for treatment]]''' (s3)
:*'''[[Admission for treatment]]''' (s3)


[[Hospital order]] (s37)
:*[[Hospital order]] (s37)


[[Restriction order]] (s37/41)
:*[[Restriction order]] (s37/41)


[[s37/41]]
:*[[s37/41]]


[[Interim hospital order]] (s38)
:*[[Interim hospital order]] (s38)


[[Transfer direction]] (s47)
:*[[Transfer direction]] (s47)


'''[[Restriction direction]]''' (s49)
:*'''[[Restriction direction]]''' (s49)


[[s47/49]]
:*[[s47/49]]


'''[[Notional s37]]'''
:*'''[[Notional s37]]'''


[[Hospital direction]] (s45A)
:*[[Hospital direction]] (s45A)


[[Limitation direction]] (s45A)
:*[[Limitation direction]] (s45A)
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== Types of patient ==
== Types of patient ==


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[[Unrestricted patient]]
 
[[Restricted patient]]
[[Restricted patient]]
[[Unrestricted patient]]


'''[[Technical lifer]]'''
'''[[Technical lifer]]'''
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== Getting discharged ==
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[[Mental Health Review Tribunal]]
[[Hospital Managers' Hearing]]


[[Responsible Medical Officer]]
== Discharge ==


[[Nearest Relative]]
'''[[Discharge]]''' including the following:


[[Barring order]]
:Routes to discharge:


[[Dangerousness criterion]]
:*[[Mental Health Review Tribunal]] (See '''[[Eligibility periods]]''' and [[Automatic references]])


[[Home Secretary]] --> [[Home Office]]
:*[[Hospital Managers' Hearing]]


'''[[Eligibility periods]]'''
:*[[Responsible Medical Officer]]


[[Automatic references]]
:*[[Nearest Relative]] (See [[Barring order]] and [[Dangerousness criterion]])
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== Types of discharge ==
:*[[Home Office]]


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:Types of discharge:
'''[[Discharge]]'''


[[Supervised discharge]]
:*[[Supervised discharge]]


'''[[Conditional discharge]]'''
:*'''[[Conditional discharge]]'''


[[Deferred conditional discharge]]
:*[[Deferred conditional discharge]]


'''[[Absolute discharge]]'''
:*'''[[Absolute discharge]]'''


[[Deferred discharge]] (in unrestricted cases)
:*[[Deferred discharge]] (in unrestricted cases)


'''[[Discharge of transferred prisoners]]'''
:*'''[[Discharge of transferred prisoners]]'''
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== Other ==
== Other ==
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Please add any pages here which do not fit into the categories listed above.
Please add any pages here which do not fit into the categories listed above.


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'''[[Mental disorder]]'''
 
'''[[Victims' rights to make representations and receive information]]'''
'''[[Victims' rights to make representations and receive information]]'''


[[Power to specify hospital units]]
[[Power to specify hospital units]]
[[Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces]]


[[Second Opinion Appointed Doctor]]
[[Second Opinion Appointed Doctor]]


[[Insight]]
[[Insight]]
'''[[Mental disorder]]'''


[[International Classification of Diseases (ICD)]]
[[International Classification of Diseases (ICD)]]


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[[Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces]]

Revision as of 23:36, 25 February 2007

General articles to explain the concepts and terminology used in the caselaw and legislation sections; and practical guidance for lawyers (especially trainees).

These are the first things which came to mind, to "get the ball rolling", so please amend and add content where necessary. Feel free simply to add a page title, or the briefest of details, for someone else to expand upon.

Articles with bold links have more detail than the others.


Practical guidance for lawyers

Regional Chairmen's Manual

Legal Aid forms

Judicial review forms

MHRT forms

Law Society guidance

Home Office Mental Health Unit

Interesting cases - For details of cases which didn't get reported for one reason or another.

Statute Law Database

Judicial review pre-action protocol

Part 36

Parole Board

Types of detention

Types of detention including the following:

Types of patient

Unrestricted patient

Restricted patient

Technical lifer

Discharge

Discharge including the following:

Routes to discharge:
Types of discharge:

Other

Please add any pages here which do not fit into the categories listed above.

Mental disorder

Victims' rights to make representations and receive information

Power to specify hospital units

Second Opinion Appointed Doctor

Insight

International Classification of Diseases (ICD)

Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces