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by Claire Barcham
Published: July 2020
This is Module 5 of the Approved Clinician Induction course. Its aim is to equip Approved Clinicians (ACs) and prospective s.12 doctors with an understanding of:
You will learn more about the process of assessments, including how the police powers s.135 and s.136 work, and the role of both ACs and s.12-approved doctors in the setting up, management and extension of Community Treatment Orders (CTOs).
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Other modules in this series include:
Approved Clinician Induction: Module 1 – Overview of the Mental Health Act and key roles
Approved Clinician Induction: Module 2 – A legal perspective
Approved Clinician Induction: Module 3 – A personal perspective of lived and caring experience
Approved Clinician Induction: Module 4 – Protecting patients’ rights and autonomy
Approved Clinician Induction: Module 6 – Special considerations (CAMHS and ID) and the approvals process
If you like this module, you may also be interested in:
Mental Health Act 1983: Criteria for detention by Dr Guy Brookes, Dr Tim Branton and Dr Nick Brindle
Mental Health Act 1983: Safeguards (England) by Dr Guy Brookes, Dr Tim Branton and Dr Nick Brindle
Community treatment orders by Dr Guy Brookes, Dr Nick Brindle and Dr Tim Branton
Mental health and tribunal law: Part 1 – an introduction by Dr Sanjay Khurmi
Mental health and tribunal law: Part 2 – Section 72 of the Mental Health Act by Dr Sanjay Khurmi
Human rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 – implications for psychiatrists by Dr Martin Curtice and Dr Richard Symonds
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