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Do patients who have been on ‘sections' get refused visas?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Danny Allen  and
Karen Allen
Danny Allen
Affiliation:
Blackberry Hill Hospital, Manor Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 2EW
Karen Allen
Affiliation:
Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AP
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A reason sometimes given for not applying a section off the Mental Health Act 1983 to patients for the first time is that this may stigmatise them in some way. A practical example off stigmatisation is that patients who have previously been ‘sectioned’ may be refused tourist or immigration visas to other countries. Since no information on this subject is available in the psychiatric literature this paper attempts to clarify the policy of diplomatic missions in the UK in relation to visa applicants who report a history of mental illness and compulsory hospital treatment.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 216 - 217
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994
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