What is Section 3 of the MHA 1983?

Section 3 allows for a person to be admitted to hospital for treatment if their mental disorder is of a nature and/or degree that requires treatment in hospital. In addition, it must be necessary for their health, their safety or for the protection of other people that they receive treatment in hospital.

What is Section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983?

Section 2 allows compulsory admission for assessment or assessment followed by treatment. It can last up to 28 days. It is the most common way for people to be detained, Under a section 2 (S2), you are detained in hospital for assessment of your mental health and to get any treatment you might need.

What is a Section 47 MHA?

Section 47 of the Mental Health Act allows mental health professionals to transfer you from prison to hospital for treatment. To be transferred from prison to hospital, you must be so unwell that you need treatment in hospital.

Which sections in the Mental Health Act 1983 cover the compulsory admission of a person to hospital?

Compulsory admission consists of parts 2 & 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Part 2 of the Act deals with patients who are detained in hospital but have no criminal proceedings against them.

What are the sections of the Mental Health Act 1983?

Sections of the Mental Health Act 1983/2007 1 Compulsory detention 2 Treatment 3 Discharge 4 Aftercare

Who is your nearest relative under the Mental Health Act 1983?

This leaflet has been produces to provide people who their nearest relative will be under the Mental Health Act 1983. This leaflet may not be reproduced in whole or in part, without the permission of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

What does it mean to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act?

What is the Mental Health Act? The Mental Health Act (MHA) says when you can be detained in hospital and treated against your wishes. You can be detained if professionals think your mental health puts you or others at risk, and you need to be in hospital. This is sometimes called ‘being sectioned’

What does section 38 of the Mental Health Act mean?

Section 38 allows the court to send you to hospital for assessment and treatment before you are sentenced. The court can do this if you have a mental illness that needs treatment in hospital. An order issued under Section 38 is known as ‘an interim hospital order’. This means it is short-term while the court decides what sentence to give you.