It occurred to me recently that the actions of the police can have the effect of appearing to create a mental health patient where none really exists.  This can become a self-fulfilling prophecy of repeated interventions which creates a lot of failure demand, for both policing and health services. Let me explain! — EVER DECREASING […]

The Court of Appeal delivered a significant judgement yesterday regarding the police, the Mental Capacity Act and autism. Many have argued that it is an appeal case that should never have been brought at all given the clarity of the judgement in the initial County Court hearing. THE INCIDENT In 2008 a young man known […]

How much of policing is connected to mental health issues? – obviously you could play all day with the definitions that would have to apply to any proper analysis of that question – what do you mean by “connected”; what do you mean by “mental health issues”.  And yet the question remains important even if we […]