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Since setting this site up 9 years ago, it has been free to users. If you have been finding it
useful, can I ask that you show your appreciation by considering a donation to the Teenage
Cancer Trust, a registered charity (no. 1062559) I am supporting later in 2005 by taking part in a
sponsored trek in Mongolia.
If you would like to sponsor me, then please contact me via: nt@hyperguide.co.uk Thank you! NIGEL TURNER |
This HyperGUIDE is designed to be used, subject to the Conditions below, both as an introduction to the Mental Health Act, and as a reference source for people with mental health needs, professional workers and others who come into contact with the Act.
The Mental Health Act 1983 governs the admission of people to psychiatric hospital against their will, their rights while detained, discharge from hospital, and aftercare. The Act applies in England and Wales.
The Mental Health Act 1983 is, like any other Act of Parliament, divided into Sections. This has coined the term "being sectioned" to mean being compulsorily admitted to hospital. The Act itself is not well organised, is written in language that can be hard to follow, and always uses "he" to refer to people detained under the Act. These pages include occasional quotations from the Act which will inevitably reflect these faults.
As with any document written in hypertext, you move from page to page using the highlighted words.
The place to start is the Overview page. This lists a number of topics, and it groups together the Sections of the Act which relate to that topic.
If you know which Section you want to find out about, or if you want to look up a piece of jargon or a specific issue, you can use the Contents page.
Every page of this HyperGUIDE contains links to the Overview page and the Contents page (as well as to this Introduction page). If you get lost when exploring the Guide, it is best to return to one of these pages.
By accessing any page other than this Introduction Page, you are
deemed to be agreeing to the following conditions:
The HyperGUIDE as a linked whole, and the content of its individual pages remain the copyright property of the author, Nigel Turner. [Obviously, this does not apply to external links from the HyperGUIDE to another site not written by the author]. The term HyperGUIDE is claimed as a trade mark by the author and must not to use the term to describe any other hypertext document(s), Web site, etc
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of information in the HyperGUIDE pages, they are not intended to be relied upon as an authoritative statement of the law, and the author cannot accept liability for errors or omissions. The HyperGUIDE to the Mental Health Act may be amended or withdrawn at any time.
You are not authorised to transfer the files comprising the HyperGUIDE to any other computer, system or network, nor to transmit, print, copy or otherwise disseminate the HyperGUIDE in whole or in part. However, for your own personal study or reference only, you may save up to 5 files from the HyperGUIDE on one stand-alone P.C., and/or may print 5 pages. In both cases, such files/printed pages remain the property of the author, even if the equivalent pages on the World Wide Web site have changed in the meantime. Please delete the files / destroy the printed pages when no longer required.
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