Deciding to Detain
The Use of Compulsory Mental Health Law by UK Social Workers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10897367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jim Campbell (0000-0002-2702-1122, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 328-334 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcp121 |
| OpenAlex | W2127130217 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 29 |
Since the 1980s, mental health social workers in the UK have been mandated to use powers of compulsion that have profound consequences, both positive and negative, for service users and their carers. For example, they make decisions, with other professionals, about involuntary admission to hospital, use of guardianship and mental health review tribunal processes. With the introduction of further powers of community-based forms of coercion across all jurisdictions in the UK, now appears an opportune moment to reflect upon more than two decades of mental health social work practice in this area and examine challenges for the future. The following commentary begins by reviewing debates about the functions of the ASW (Approved Social Worker) and its equivalent in Scotland, the Mental Health Officer (MHO). It continues with a discussion of a body of evidence about process and outcomes in this area. A final section explores the challenges created for the profession by new forms of coercion in the community, and suggests ways in which this demanding role can be carried out through balancing agency and legal expectations with a rights-based approach to working with service users and their carers.
Agency (philosophy) · Coercion (linguistics) · Legal guardian · Mental health · Officer · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Sociology · Tribunal · Child Abuse and Trauma · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Mental health professionals' (AMHPs) perspectives on interpreter-mediated mental health act assessments
A Hidden Dynamic
How Do Factors External to Statutory Guidance Influence Approved Mental Health Professionals, When Making Decisions During Assessments with Service Users Presenting with Suicidal Ideation
A Structured Narrative Literature Review of Approved Mental Health Professional Detention Decisions
Risk, Recovery and Capacity
Decision Making by Practitioners in the Social Professions Involved in Compulsory Admission to Mental Health Hospital
Social workers’ perceptions and experiences on the psychiatric disease mandatory assessment review committee
Changing Gears and Buying Time
Truly Listening to Accounts of Mental Health Act Assessments
Necessity is Neither Condemned nor Praised’
Role Over’ or Roll Over? Dirty Work, Shift and Mental Health Act Assessments
A Study Exploring How Social Work AMHPs Experience Assessment under Mental Health Law
Why Do Approved Mental Health Professionals Think Detentions under the Mental Health Act Are Rising and What Do They Think Should Be Done about It
Mental health, burnout and job satisfaction among mental health social workers in England and Wales
The 1983 Mental Health Act in Five Local Authorities
Leaving care interviews for young people who have been ‘looked after’
The 1986 Mental Health (N.I.) Order and approved social work in Northern Ireland
Approved social work and psychotherapy
A ‘bittersweet pill to swallow’
The management and supervision of Approved Social Workers
Detention under the Mental Health Act
Powers to Detain under Mental Health Legislation in England and the Role of the Approved Social Worker
Shaping the Future of Mental Health Policy and Legislation in Northern Ireland
Family Matters
Stress and Pressures in Mental Health Social Work
An Examination of the Use of Coercion by Assertive Outreach and Community Mental Health Teams in Northern Ireland
A National Survey of Approved Social Workers in the UK
Multidisciplinary Reflections on Assessment for Compulsory Admission
Consistencies and Inconsistencies
International Perspectives on the Use of Community Treatment Orders
| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |