Changing patterns in the use of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England, 1984–1996
Hotopf M, Wall S, Buchanan A, Wessely S, Churchill R. Changing patterns in the use of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England, 1984–1996. The British Journal Of Psychiatry 2000, 176: 479-484. PMID: 10912226, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.5.479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCommitment of Mentally IllHealth PolicyHospitals, PsychiatricHumansMental HealthMental Health ServicesPrisonsRisk ManagementUnited KingdomConceptsMental Health Act 1983Psychiatric hospital admissionsNumber of patientsDepartment of HealthHospital admissionForensic sectionsPsychiatric servicesPsychiatric bedsPsychiatric hospitalAdmissionDenominator dataMarked increaseSection 47Total numberFormal admissionPrison populationTotal prison populationPatientsHospital