Here’s a situation for you:  someone arrested for a criminal offence is in custody at the point where an Approved Mental Health Professional and two Doctors decide the person should be ‘sectioned’ under the Mental Health Act 1983.  They complete the paperwork for admission and intend to take the person to hospital within an hour […]

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When I started writing this blog in 2011, I’d no idea how long it would last and wondered aloud where it would all go.  And here we are – wherever this is – at one thousand published posts.  As it feels like something of a meaningless milestone, I thought it might be worth marking by […]

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On Wednesday 20th December, 38yr old Julie Seed from Adelaide was allegedly killed in a knife attack by Sean Dunk, a 30yr old mental health patient.  A colleague of Julie Seed was also seriously injured in the same attack and is in hospital after surgery to save her life.  Mr Dunk was arrested at the […]

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