Decision-making in Mental Health Review TribunalsThis study, undertaken in 1997 and commissioned by the Department of Health, examines how Mental Health Review Tribunals make decisions about whether or not to discharge patients detained under sections 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act (1983). |
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actually application asked assessment clerk clinical compliance compulsory considered continued detention Council on Tribunals criteria for discharge decision-making deliberation Department of Health discharge a patient discharge the patient discussion doctor Eldergill 1998 ensure examination Guide for Members Health Act 1983 Health Review Tribunal identify important insight interpretation interviews issues judicial review lay member legal representative medical member medical treatment mental disorder Mental Health Act Mental Health Review mental health services mental illness MHRTs nature or degree observed tribunals opinion outcome patient's evidence patient's mental condition person pre-hearing meeting Pres 02 Pres 13 present PROBE procedure psychiatric questions record reports risk RMO's role Rules schizophrenia section 3 hearings senior house officer social worker Statement of Reasons statutory criteria suffering from mental symptoms tion tribunal hearing tribunal members Tribunal office tribunal president tribunal's decision witnesses