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Mental Health Review Tribunals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

K. F. G. Saad  and
S. P. Sashidharan
K. F. G. Saad
Affiliation:
Kidderminster General Hospital, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY11 6RJ
S. P. Sashidharan
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham and Honorary Consultant, All Saints Hospital, Birmingham B18 5SD
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Following the 1983 Mental Health Act, Mental Health Review Tribunals (MHRT) now provide the opportunity for patients to have their detention reviewed and give a right of appeal against compulsory hospital detention or guardianship (Bluglass, 1983).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 8 , August 1992 , pp. 470 - 472
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