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Chapter 8 Mutliple choice questions
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Chapter 8 Mutliple choice questions
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For purposes of the law a mental disorder is:
Any disorder or disability of the mind
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A disorder such as a learning disability
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All the options are correct
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A disorder affecting the mind such as drug or alcohol dependence
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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
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A non-compulsory patient is one who does not require immediate treatment
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A sectioned patient is one who did not require legislative processes for either admission or treatment
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None of the options are correct
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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
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The "Bournewood gap" was identified by the House of Lords as a lack of statutory safeguards for informal patients admitted to hospital
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The case was appealed to the House of Lords
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Article 5 of the ECHR was engaged in this case
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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
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Permits detention for a period of up to 28 days
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At least one of the two doctors signing the section 2 application must be a "section 12 approved" practitioner
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All the options are correct
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Which of the following is
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about treatment of a person with a mental health disorder under section 3 of the MHA:
Treatment must be "appropriate medical treatment"
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Treatment must be "definitive medical treatment"
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The requirements to satisfy section 3 are more stringent than section 2 requirements
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Detention for treatment can be for up to a period of 6 months
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Which of the following options is
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about deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS):
It means an individual is deprived of the freedom to leave and go wherever and whenever he chooses
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Safeguards against DoL are provided for in the MHA 1983
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Article 5 rights will engage
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DoL safeguard provisions came into effect as a response to the
Bournewood
challenge.
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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
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Applies to the administration of medication for periods longer than 3 months
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Applies to the administration of electroconvulsive therapy
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All the options are correct
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Section 63 of MHA 1983:
Enables treatment for a mental disorder with the consent of the patient
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Enables treatment for a mental disorder with the consent of the patient and a second opinion (from a SOAD)
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Enables treatment for a mental disorder on the basis of a second opinion (from a SOAD) in certain situations
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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)
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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
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Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
[2012] UKSC 2
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R v Bournewood Community and Mental NHS Trust
[1998] 3 WLR 107
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Cheshire West and Cheshire Council v P
[2011] EWCA Civ 1257
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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
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Re-sectioning would be appropriate if the multi-disciplinary team disagree with the MHRT decision
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Re-sectioning would be appropriate if the patient's relatives disagree with the MHRT decision
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Re-sectioning would be appropriate if material new facts about the patient come to light
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