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

Footnotes Introduction

1 Accounts Commission for Scotland, A shared approach, Developing adult mental health services. October 1999

Footnotes Section 1

1 For example by Ward, A. Report on Consensus for Change conference (SAMH 1996)
2 'The same as you?' A review of services for people with learning disabilities (Scottish Executive 2000)
3 Szmukler, G and Holloway, F. (November 1998) Mental Health Legislation is now a harmful anachronism' The Psychiatric Bulletin, p662.
4 Royal Commission on the Law Relating to Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency 1954-7, Cmnd 169: paras 128-145
5 Children (Scotland) Act 1995, section 16(1)
6 Review of the Mental Health Act 1983-Report of the Expert Committee (Dept. of Health 1999) Chapter 2
7 Reform of the Mental Health Act 1983-Proposals for Consultation (Dept. of Health 1999) Chapter 3
8 1984 Act, sn 3(1)
9 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 section 1(3)
10 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 section 1(2)
11 First Report of the Dunlop Committee on Mental Health Legislation, (March 1958), paragraphs 5-10.
12 Review of the Mental Health Act 1983: Report of the Expert Committee (Dept. of Health, 1999) paragraphs 4.4-4.8
13 Law Commission (1995) Mental Incapacity (Law Com 231), paragraphs 3.8-3.13
14 W v L [1974] Q.B. 711
15 per Lawton L.J. at 719
16 Russell, J and Robertson, P (1999) The use of Scottish mental health legislation for people with learning disabilities
17 The same as you? A review of sevices for people with learning disabilities (Scottish Executive 2000) Recommendation 12
18 The same as you? A review of sevices for people with learning disabilities (Scottish Executive 2000) Page 38
19 The same as you? A review of services for people with learning disabilities (Scottish Excutive 2000) Appendix 3
20 de Girolamo, G and Reich, JM (1993) Personality Disorders, (World Health Organisation)
21 Committee on Mentally Abnormal Offenders (Cmnd 6244) 1975; Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Personality Disorder Unit, Ashworth Special Hospital, Vol 1 (Cmnd 4194- 11); Working Group on Psychopathic Disorder (Dept of Health/Home Office) 1994
22 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, s87

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