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The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982: Will it Make a Difference?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

George Szmukler
George Szmukler*
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Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5
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An examination of the changes to be introduced by the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 suggests that they might have a significant effect on the fate of many patients who are currently admitted on compulsory orders. There are potentialities for improvement, but for these to be fruitful a firm commitment will be required from the professionals involved to attend to these patients' needs. The tide generated by the new legislation is more likely, however, to carry the professionals away from these patients for the main thrust of the new Act is to make treatment more difficult.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 7 , Issue 9 , September 1983 , pp. 158 - 160
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Department of Health and Social Security (1982) Mental Health Amendment Act 1982. London: HMSO.Google Scholar
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