Report on the Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984

Executive Summary

ANNEXES

The following annexes are contained in the Report:

Annex 1 Summary of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, its History and Comparison with England and Wales
Annex 2 Organisations and Individuals from whom Consultation Responses were received
Annex 3 Note of Places Visited
Annex 4 Organisations and Individuals from whom Oral Evidence was taken
Annex 5 Consultation with Users and Informal Carers
Annex 6 Special Events
Annex 7 An Evaluation of section 18 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 - Executive Summary
Annex 8 Review of Literature relating to Mental Health Legislation - Summary
Annex 9 Scottish Law Commission Report on Vulnerable Adults - List of Recommendations
Annex 10 Mentally Disordered Offenders and Criminal Proceedings - summary of research into operation of the provisions contained within Part VI of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 relating to unfitness to plead, examination of facts and the insanity defence.

Details of main report and related publications

The report of the Committee, entitled 'New Directions: review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984', is available from the Stationery Office, price £25, SE 2001/56, (ISBN no 1-84268-892-8).

A Review of Literature relating to Mental Health Legislation, by Dr Jacqueline M Atkinson and Lesley E Patterson, Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow, has been published by the Scottish Executive Central Research Unit and is available from the Stationery Office, price £5.

An Evaluation of section 18 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, by Alison Bean, Anne McGuckin and Suzi Macpherson has been published by the Scottish Executive Central Research Unit and is available from the Stationery Office, price £5. A summary is available from the Central Research Unit: Legal Studies Research Findings No. 30.

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