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- Title
Managing severe mental illness in the community using the Mental Health Act 1983: a comparison of Supervised Discharge and Guardianship in England.
- Authors
Hatfield, Barbara; Shaw, Jenny; Pinfold, Vanessa; Bindman, Jonathan; Evans, Sherrill; Huxley, Peter; Thornicroft, Graham; Hatfield, B; Shaw, J; Pinfold, V; Bindman, J; Evans, S; Huxley, P; Thornicroft, G
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Two measures in the English Mental Health Act allow requirements to be imposed upon patients living in the community. These are Guardianship (Section 7) and Supervised Discharge (Section 25A).<bold>Aims: </bold>The paper aims to compare patients with mental illnesses, made subject to Guardianship or Supervised Discharge.<bold>Method: </bold>Data on patient characteristics, impairment, needs and interventions were collected from keyworkers in a random national sample of Trusts and local authorities. Ratings were obtained on standardised measures of disability, impairment and needs.<bold>Results: </bold>Patients placed on Supervised Discharge were more likely to have problems of treatment compliance and drug misuse, whilst those on Guardianship were more likely to have problems of social welfare and higher ratings of disability and impairment. Supervised Discharge has a higher proportion of African-Caribbean patients. Interventions delivered are rated as effective for both measures.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Legal changes proposed in England include a single power for supervision in the community. This should not mean a focus on risk management to the neglect of social welfare interventions.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; CARE of people with intellectual disabilities; CARE of people; PEOPLE with mental illness; PUBLIC welfare laws; RISK management in business -- Law &; legislation; COMPARATIVE studies; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; GUARDIAN &; ward; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MENTAL health laws; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; DISCHARGE planning
- Publication
Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2001, Vol 36, Issue 10, p508
- ISSN
0933-7954
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s001270170016