The Review of the Compulsory Detention of the Mentally Ill
Who Should Decide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11637367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Mulvany (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 212-228 |
| Publication date | 1993-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1993.tb00925.x |
| PMID | 11660197 |
| OpenAlex | W2205829866 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The Mental Health Act 1986 (Victoria) established the Mental Health Review Board to periodically review the detention of involuntary patients in State mental institutions. The purported rationale for the inclusion of two non‐medical personnel on the Board is that compulsory detention decisions should not be made by doctors alone and should include social and legal considerations. It is argued that the effectiveness of non‐medical members is restricted by the dominance of medical discourse within Board hearings, the lack of availability of community‐based care and treatment facilities and a failure to identify the relevance of non‐medical issues to the decision‐making process
Dominance (genetics · Inclusion (mineral · Mental health · Mental illness · Mentally ill · Political science · Project commissioning · Psychiatry · Publishing · Relevance (law · Social care · Child Abuse and Trauma · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |