This is the second in a three-part series on Acute Behavioural Disturbance written by Dr RS, a UK consultant in emergency medicine.  The first instalment of this series has been widely read and you may wish to begin there if you missed it originally. In the previous edition, the history and clinical features of acute behavioural […]

Some hyperlinks to various BLOGS and resources that will be of benefit – What Do All The Sections Mean? The Quick Guides The Mental Capacity Act Reference materials – The Mental Health Act 1983 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice MHA (2015) Code of Practice MCA (2008) Golden Nuggets of Knowledge! – A […]

This is the first of a three-part series by a UK Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Dr RS.  The topic of ABD keeps coming up again and again, I was grateful for an offer to get in to some of the detail of all this – debate and discussion is welcome in the comments below.  Parts 2 and 3 […]