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Mental Health Cop – A venn diagram of policing, …

WebThe best of luck to those of you trying to navigate the interface of policing, mental health and criminal justice, from whatever perspective. It could hardly be more complex and impenetrable. Professor Jill Peay observed …

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WebEmail on – [email protected]. Winner of the President’s Medal, the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Winner of the Mind Digital Media Award. All views expressed are my …

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Personality Disorder and Suicide Risk – Mental Health Cop

WebA 20-fold increase in suicide risk for patients with PD versus no recorded psychiatric disorder. A four-fold increase versus all other psychiatric illnesses combined. …

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MHA versus MCA – Mental Health Cop

WebMHA versus MCA. April 10, 2024April 8, 2024 by MentalHealthCop. I’ve avoided this one like the plague! … but it came at me recently, so I thought I can’t dodge it any more! The …

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The Big Reports – Mental Health Cop

WebThe Bradley Report (2009) – Independent Review in to mental health and criminal justice. 2008; Police Custody as Place of Safety (2008) – IPCC report on use of s136 MHA. The …

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IOPC Mental Health Bulletin – Mental Health Cop

WebIOPC Mental Health Bulletin. Posted on March 31, 2024 by MentalHealthCop. The Independent Office for Police Conduct publishes a series of …

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The Science of the Gaps – Mental Health Cop

WebThe Science of the Gaps. Posted on March 24, 2024 by MentalHealthCop. The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom recently published an article about …

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Mental Health or Crime

WebThe police tell us they are over-used for mental health crisis care and that this detracts from them focussing on their core role, of crime. The problem they have in …

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Everybody, Nobody, Somebody, Anybody – Mental Health Cop

WebWelcome to the interface of policing, mental health and criminal justice. My favourite example of this is the issue of health-based places of safety which is effectively one of the four Right Care, Right Person (RCRP) topics because phase 4 (yet to be implemented in many of the areas who have started the process) requires NHS staff to …

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The London Assembly – Mental Health Cop

WebThe London Assembly – Mental Health Cop. The London Assembly. Posted on February 9, 2024February 10, 2024 by MentalHealthCop. On Wednesday 7th …

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Confidence is not Knowledge – Mental Health Cop

WebCONFIDENCE IS NOT KNOWLEDGE. We could have used other examples around investigators or mental health professionals who still think the ‘mental’ question …

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PaCA – Section 140 MHA – Mental Health Cop

WebIt’s now a dozen years since I first read section 140 of the Mental Health Act 1983 – and I recently met some senior mental health professionals who never ever read …

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New Home Office 136 Data – Mental Health Cop

WebUse of section 136 MHA is reported to have dropped, nationally – from 36,621 in 2021/22 to 34,685 in 2022/23, a roughly 5% reduction. Some forces have seen an …

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Section 13 MHA – Mental Health Cop

WebSection 13 – Duty of approved mental health professionals to make applications for admission or guardianship. (1) If a local social services authority have …

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Triage for 135 Warrants – Mental Health Cop

WebThe Approved Mental Health Professionals were busy chatting on X-Twitter last week about Right Care, Right Person and one of them commented their local police …

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RCEM Position Statement – Mental Health Cop

WebRCEM Position Statement. Posted on May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 by MentalHealthCop. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) issued a position …

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Just Signing the Papers – Mental Health Cop

WebJust Signing the Papers. Posted on February 2, 2024 by Bike Law Man. Where an Approved Mental Health Professional has completed a Mental Health Act …

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Duty of Candour: Fail – Mental Health Cop

WebDuty of Candour: Fail. Posted on March 20, 2024 by MentalHealthCop. A new Preventing Future Deaths report has caused me some consternation, I’ll be honest. …

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Prison Transfer Delays – Mental Health Cop

WebSo given we know the number of inpatient psychiatric beds in England fell by 25% between 2011 and 2021, we know there will be an impact on prisons a while down …

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Mouayed Bashir Inquest – Mental Health Cop

WebAn inquest in Newport, Gwent has concluded after hearing three weeks of evidence, following the death of Mouayed Bashir in 2021. The jury returned a short, …

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Reading – Mental Health Cop

WebWe know Mr Saadallah’s brother rang the police the night before the attacks, expressing concern about his mental health and stating he thought the police needed to …

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Breach of the Peace – Mental Health Cop

WebIt was in the Justice of the Peace Act 1361 that the foundations were laid for the common law complaint of a Breach of the Peace. It is quite remarkable to …

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