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The Code of Practice and Parliamentary intention concerning short term treatment orders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ashley Robin
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The Code of Practice for the Mental Health Act, 1983 “has now passed through the necessary Parliamentary procedure” but may still be subject to amendment by Parliament, and in this context it is useful to consider the expressed intention of Parliament over the last 70 years in relation to short term treatment orders and the Code's current guidance on S.2 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 8 , August 1991 , pp. 488 - 489
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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