Having a sit-down conversation with your loved one, or even an intervention, may be the best way forward. This is dependent on the individual though, and they may feel embarrassed or even attacked if you do this. If they are in denial about their problem, despite you telling them about your concerns for their mental health, this approach could do more harm than good.
If you need to take a more subtle approach, time and kindness are essential. A slow and steady approach, with short chats dropped in here and there, can give them time to reflect on what you have said. Be completely honest with them about how their condition affects you.
Be fair, for example saying they embarrass you would be awful, but saying you miss doing the things you used to do together is very justified.
For individual reasons, some people will never seek help for their mental health problems. If you can continue to live with their condition and manage your interaction with it in a healthy way then fantastic, but sometimes it is in your best interest to distance yourself from it. Every person with a mental health condition is individual, as is how they experience it and as is your relationship with them.
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Sectioning Sectioning is when somebody is lawfully detained in hospital or a mental health facility under the Mental Health Act What happens when I get to hospital? You should also be offered the assistance of an Independent Mental Health Advocate. What power does the hospital have over me when I am a detained patient? You can also be required to take medication for your mental illness.
Can I have medication forced on me if I refused to take it? Can I be forced to have ECT? Can I leave the hospital at all while I'm detained? Yes, but only with the permission of your Responsible Clinician. If I disagree with being in hospital what can I do about it?
However, if your Responsible Clinician thinks you still need to be detained, but you disagree you can seek discharge in three other ways: The Mental Health Tribunal. This is a body totally independent from the hospital.
A three person team - a judge, a psychiatrist and a person with a social care background - will organise a hearing. They will require written reports from your Responsible Clinician, a nurse on your ward and a professional who can write about your social circumstances. You will receive copies of the reports written about you. Information can be withheld from you under certain circumstances, but this decision is made by the Tribunal, not by those writing the reports.
You are entitled to have a solicitor to represent you, at no cost to you. At the hearing, the Tribunal will listen to the staff and to you. You will be asked questions by the Tribunal members. The staff will also be asked questions by the Tribunal members. The staff can also be asked questions by your solicitor.
If you are on a section 2 and wish to appeal, you must do so within the first 14 days. You can then appeal each time your detention is renewed. The hospital managers. You can also ask your Nearest Relative to discharge you, although, even if they agree, this can be overridden by your Responsible Clinician if they think you may be a danger to yourself or somebody else. What are community treatment orders CTO?
What sort of conditions? You will normally only be placed on a CTO if you agree to the conditions. What happens if I break the conditions? Is there anyone else I can turn to for help? Further information. In Scotland: There is a range of useful topic guides on various aspects of compulsory treatment. These can be found at on the Scottish Government's website. Expert review: Dr Tony Zigmond. During these periods, assessments will be regularly carried out by the doctor in charge of your care to determine whether it's safe for you to be discharged and what further treatment is required, if any.
You should always be given information about your rights under the Mental Health Act. If someone says, "You're being sectioned under the Mental Health Act", they mean you're detained according to a particular section of the Mental Health Act. In most cases, you'll be told which section of the Mental Health Act applied in your case.
Any person who's compulsorily detained has the right to appeal against the decision to a mental health tribunal MHT or to the hospital's managers.
An MHT is an independent body that decides whether you should be discharged from hospital. You may be eligible for legal aid to pay for a solicitor to help you do this. Visit GOV. UK if you want to apply to the mental health tribunal. You also have the right to see an independent mental health advocate if you're detained. Ask the nurses on your ward or the hospital manager how you can get to see one.
An independent mental health advocate can help you understand your rights and could also help if you're not happy with your situation. If you're held under the Mental Health Act, you can be treated against your will. This is because it's felt you do not have sufficient capacity to make an informed decision about your treatment at the time. This is also the case if you refuse treatment but the team treating you believe you should have it. The CQC provides detailed guidance about your rights in terms of consenting to medication and electroconvulsive therapy if you're detained in hospital or placed on a Community Treatment Order CTO.
Going on leave from the hospital should form an important part of your care as you recover. This means that while detained under the Mental Health Act, you may be able to leave the hospital if authorised by the doctor or clinician in charge of your care also known as the responsible clinician.
This leave is often referred to as "section 17 leave", as it's Section 17 of the Mental Health Act that allows this leave. The responsible clinician in charge of your care can place conditions on the leave, such as where you should stay while away from the hospital and whether this will be for a fixed period of time. You should be given a copy of the Section 17 leave form that sets out these conditions so you're clear what they are.
The responsible clinician can revoke your leave and make you come back to hospital at any time. If you do not return to the hospital at the end of the leave period, you can be made to go back to the hospital.
If you have been treated in hospital under the Mental Health Act and are being discharged or allowed out of the hospital on short-term leave, you may be put under a Community Treatment Order CTO. Under Section 17 of the Act, you can get leave but can be recalled to hospital if, for example, you stop taking required medication or your condition gets worse.
Make sure you know how long any leave is agreed for usually 1 night or a weekend before leaving the hospital. You may be recalled to hospital during the leave if there are significant concerns about how you manage in the community. If you're on leave or are being discharged, you may be made subject to a CTO if your doctor is concerned that you may not continue your treatment when you leave hospital.
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