Detention of elderly psychiatric inpatients under section 5(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-163

  Salib, Emab ^a   Tadros, George ^b   Ambrose, Angela ^c   Allington, Mark ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Specialist Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^c Senior House Officer in Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^d Hollins Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034170060     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240004000213     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Department of Health (1991) Statistical Bulletin 4, 91.
2. Department of Health (1993) Mental Health Act 1983. Code of practice. London: HMSO.
3. Joyce J., Morris M. and Palia S.S. (1991) Section 5(2) audit. Psychiatric Bulletin 15, 224.
4. Mason P. and Turner R. (1994) Audit of the use of doctors' holding power under section 5(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983. Health Trends 26(2), 44-6.
5. Mental Health Act Commission (1987) 2nd Biennial Report 1985-7. London: HMSO, pp. 54-5.
6. Pourgourides C., Prasher V.P. and Oyebode F. (1992) Use of section 5(2) in clinical practice. Psychiatric Bulletin 16, 14-16.
7. Salib E. and Iparragirre B. (1998) Detention of inpatients under section 5(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983. Med. Sci. Law 38(1), 10-16.