Aftercare for patients under the Mental Health Act should be based on need, not compliance
Access to comprehensive psychiatric aftercare is necessary for patients who have been sectioned, but this is overlooked and undervalued by current mental health law, write Narut Pakunwanich , Jeremy Bjørndal , and David Seedhouse Few professionals outside psychiatric services are aware that eligibility for aftercare depends on which section of the Mental Health Act 1983 a patient has been categorised under.1 This act underpins psychiatric care in England and Wales and allows for detainment and the treatment of severe mental illness, even if a patient with capacity refuses. Section 2 of the a...
Source: bmj.com