Views of consultant psychiatrists and mental health officers in Scotland on the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995

Consultant psychiatrists and mental health officers in Scotland were surveyed by postal questionnaire to ascertain their views on the impact of 1995 legislation limiting leave of absence to 12 months and introducing Community Care Orders (CCOs). The reduced powers for psychiatrists to ensure complia...

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Published in:Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) England), 2000-08, Vol.9 (4), p.385-395
Main Authors: ATKINSON, J. M, GILMOUR, W. H, GARNER, H. C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Community care
Law
Leaves of absence
Legislation
Medical sciences
Mental health
Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995
Mental health professionals
Polls & surveys
Psychiatrists
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
Scotland
Sectioned patients
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
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Summary:Consultant psychiatrists and mental health officers in Scotland were surveyed by postal questionnaire to ascertain their views on the impact of 1995 legislation limiting leave of absence to 12 months and introducing Community Care Orders (CCOs). The reduced powers for psychiatrists to ensure compliance with medication in the community and the introduction of a new form of supervision of patients (CCOs) that does not include compulsory treatment orders are unpopular with both groups of professionals but significantly more unpopular with consultants than mental health officers.
ISSN:0963-8237
1360-0567
DOI:10.1080/713680262