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. For purposes of the law a mental disorder is:

Any disorder or disability of the mind correct incorrect

A disorder such as a learning disability correct incorrect

All the options are correct correct incorrect

A disorder affecting the mind such as drug or alcohol dependence correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about mental health patients is true:

A voluntary patient is one who does not resist admission or treatment correct incorrect

A non-compulsory patient is one who does not require immediate treatment correct incorrect

A sectioned patient is one who did not require legislative processes for either admission or treatment correct incorrect

None of the options are correct correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was not a key fact in the Bournewood case:

The patient was admitted to hospital under section 131 of the MHA 1983 correct incorrect

The "Bournewood gap" was identified by the House of Lords as a lack of statutory safeguards for informal patients admitted to hospital correct incorrect

The case was appealed to the House of Lords correct incorrect

Article 5 of the ECHR was engaged in this case correct incorrect

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. Section 2 of the MHA 1983:

Permits detailed assessment (or assessment and subsequent treatment) of a person who suffers from a mental disorder correct incorrect

Permits detention for a period of up to 28 days correct incorrect

At least one of the two doctors signing the section 2 application must be a "section 12 approved" practitioner correct incorrect

All the options are correct correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not true about treatment of a person with a mental health disorder under section 3 of the MHA:

Treatment must be "appropriate medical treatment" correct incorrect

Treatment must be "definitive medical treatment" correct incorrect

The requirements to satisfy section 3 are more stringent than section 2 requirements correct incorrect

Detention for treatment can be for up to a period of 6 months correct incorrect

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. Which of the following options is not true about deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS):

It means an individual is deprived of the freedom to leave and go wherever and whenever he chooses correct incorrect

Safeguards against DoL are provided for in the MHA 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (as amended by the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019) correct incorrect

Article 5 rights will be engaged correct incorrect

DoL safeguard provisions came into effect as a response to the Bournewood challenge. correct incorrect

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. The following is true for treatment under section 58 of MHA 1983 for patients with a mental illness:

A competent patient can be compelled to have treatment if this is approved by the second opinion appointed doctor even if the patient refuses consent correct incorrect

Applies to the administration of medication for periods longer than 3 months correct incorrect

Applies to the administration of electroconvulsive therapy correct incorrect

All the options are correct correct incorrect

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. Section 63 of MHA 1983:

Enables treatment for a mental disorder with the consent of the patient correct incorrect

Enables treatment for a mental disorder with the consent of the patient and a second opinion (from a SOAD) correct incorrect

Enables treatment for a mental disorder on the basis of a second opinion (from a SOAD) in certain situations correct incorrect

Enables treatment for a mental disorder to be given to a competent patient without consent, against their wishes and without need of a second opinion (from a SOAD) correct incorrect

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. The principle that a hospital has an operational duty to act so as to prevent a patient with a mental disorder from committing suicide is illustrated in which case?

R(on the application of B) v Ashworth hospital Authority [2005] UKHL 20 correct incorrect

Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust [2012] UKSC 2 correct incorrect

R v Bournewood Community and Mental NHS Trust [1998] 3 WLR 107 correct incorrect

Cheshire West and Cheshire Council v P [2011] EWCA Civ 1257 correct incorrect

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. The principle established in R v East London and the City Mental Health Trust, ex p von Brandenburg [2003] UKHL 58 relates to re-sectioning of a patient after a decision for discharge is made by a Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT). The principle is:

Re-sectioning would be appropriate if the doctors disagree with the MHRT decision correct incorrect

Re-sectioning would be appropriate if the multi-disciplinary team disagree with the MHRT decision correct incorrect

Re-sectioning would be appropriate if the patient's relatives disagree with the MHRT decision correct incorrect

Re-sectioning would be appropriate if material new facts about the patient come to light correct incorrect