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Section 2
( Purpose, Max duration, Application, Recommendations)
- - Purpose: Admission for assessment
- - Max duration: 28 days
- - Application: AMHP
- - Recommendations: 2 dr (at least 1 section 12 approved)
Section 12 approved dr is so with proven expertise in diagnosis and treatment of mental disorder (usu. a psychiatrist)
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Section 3
(Purpose, Max duration, Application, Recommendations)
- - Purpose: Admission for treatment
- - Max duration: 6 months
- - Application: AMHP
- - Recommendations: 2 drs (at least one Section 12 approved)
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Section 5 (2)
(Purpose, Max duration, Application, Recommendations)
- - Purpose: holding order for a pt already on the ward
- - Max duration: 72 hours
- - Application: -
- - Recommendations: 1 doctor
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Section 136
(Purpose, Max duration, Application, Recommendations)
- - Purpose:
- police order to remove a person appearing to suffer from a 'mental disorder' from a public place to a 'place of safety'
- - Max duration: 72 hours
- - Application: -
- - Recommendations: police officer
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Key points
- - People can only be detained if appropriate medical treatment is available
- - Sections do not apply for the treatment of physical disorders
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