KVC

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

When a child is discharged from a children’s psychiatric hospital, they will likely experience a range of emotions and expectations for life after their hospital stay. Choosing to admit a child for inpatient psychiatric care is never easy and it can be an overwhelming decision to make.

Psychiatric 52

Psychiatric Hospitals Mental Health Therapist 52

Community Care

APRIL 24, 2025

Patient debriefing duty Earl Howe (Conservative) put forward an amendment to give mental health patients an automatic opportunity to avail of a debriefing process after leaving hospital. The bill excludes people with learning disability or autism from detention under section 3 of the MHA, unless they have a co-occurring psychiatric disorder.

Mental Health 43

Mental Health Government Interviewing Hospitals 43

Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. Although most mobile psychiatric emergency cases have involved mentally high functioning patients, I’ve been most invigorated from helping the most impaired patients, usually suffering from psychosis. I can authorize involuntary transfers of patients to hospitals.

Psychiatry 98

Psychiatry Interviewing Psychiatric Schizophrenia 98

Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Third, it will no longer be possible to detain a person with a learning disability or an autistic person under section 3 unless they have a co-occurring “psychiatric disorder” that warrants hospital treatment. The bill also places care (education) and treatment reviews (C(E)TRs) on a statutory footing.

Mental Health 58

Mental Health Government Criminal Justice Disability 58