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Decision Making by Mental Health Review Tribunals

by Elizabeth Perkins

Mental illness, great britainMental health lawsInsanity (Law)Mentally illCommitment and detentionSanté mentaleDroitHospitalisation psychiatrique sans consentement

This 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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