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Transitional Training Guide Introductory Training for Mental Health Officers and Other Practitioners - Reader 1

DescriptionMHO Training materials - Reader 1
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Official Print Publication Date
Website Publication DateNovember 09, 2004

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MENTAL HEALTH (CARE AND TREATMENT) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003 TRANSITIONAL TRAINING GUIDE INTRODUCTORY TRAINING FOR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS

READER 1

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This Reader is to be read in full, in preparation for, and before coming to the first training day.
This Reader is to be used during the first training day in conjunction with the attached case studies.

This document is also available in pdf format (212k)

Contents

Foreword
1.The wider context
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Level of knowledge at which the materials are set
1.3 What the Reader is about
1.4 What the Reader is not about
1.5 Aims
2.The principles
2.1 What are principles?
2.2 What the principles of the 2003 Act say
2.3 A summary of the principles
2.4 The main body of the principles
2.5 Welfare of the child
2.6 Equal opportunities
3. The definition of mental disorder
3.1 Definition of medical treatment
4. A general overview of the Act
4.1 The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland
4.2 The role of the named person
4.3 A brief guide to Emergency, Short-term Detention and Compulsory Treatment Orders
4.4 Criminal procedures
4.5 Treatment in relation to compulsion
4.6 The function of advance statements
4.7 Advocacy
5. What next?
6. General introduction to the study materials and introduction to the materials for session 1
7. Self-assessed questionnaire
8. Case study 1
8.1 Case study 2
Annex A: A summary of principles
Annex B: Answers to the first self-assessed test of knowledge (Reader 1)

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