- We Need to do Something about Smoking and Mental HealthThis article is brazenly one-sided because it is about an addictive killing substance sold legally. The author is unapologetically anti-smoking because tobacco is the only killing substance sold legally for consumer use. Smoking (of tobacco) is normally seen as a physical health problem. This article will show it is a serious mental health problem as …
- Documentation 2.0The issue of documentation has been covered from different angles before in: Documentation (June 2023), The Documentation Dilemma (Aug 2024), High level documentation practices (Oct 2024) and Decision-making (Oct 2024). While the publisher and author(s) have used their best efforts in preparing information at this website, they make no representation or warranties with respect to …
- Intersection of Mental Health Act and Capacity LegislationThe case of Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust v KAG [2024] EWCOP 38 (T3) and others offers a compelling illustration of the complexities that can arise at the intersection of mental health law and capacity law in the context of medical treatment decisions. This case involved the proposed insertion of a percutaneous endoscopic …
- Higher level documentation practices in forensic psychiatryPreviously covered were the generalities of ‘documentation‘ and the extraction of four key principles: clarity, context, clinical reasoning, and patient engagement. This article aims to get into the actual nuts and bolts of documentation. Good documentation is not for the sake of ‘showing good documentation’. Good documentation is inseparable from providing high quality care. NHS …
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