Giving Evidence at a Mental Health Tribunal

A Professionals' Handbook
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-06465-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

This practical and accessibly written guide introduces what practitioners need to know about Mental Health Review Tribunals, covering the status of the tribunal, its processes and the evidence that is required from witnesses. Members of the multidisciplinary team in mental healthcare may have a legal duty to provide oral and written evidence at First Tier Tribunals (mental health). The tribunal acts as a key safeguard in the provision of mental health care under the Mental Health Act (2007) and it is important that all clinicians contributing evidence understand their role and responsibilities.

Helping readers to understand what is required of them as witnesses, and to appreciate the extent of the tribunal’s powers, this book provides invaluable information about expected best practice and relevant skills, such as distinguishing between an informed opinion and conjecture.

This text is an essential reference for mental health practitioners and students from a range of professions, including nursing, social work, occupational therapy, medicine and psychology.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rees, Helen

Okitikpi, Toyin

Mwebe, Herbert

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 – Introduction, Mental Disorder and Treatment,

1 Understanding Mental Disorder, 2 The Role of Medication in Treatment, 3 Psychotherapeutic Treatment, 4 Occupational Therapy in Context of Mental Health Services, 5 Nursing Care and Support, 6 Exploring Community Mental Health Support, 7 Compulsory Admission into Hospital (restricted and non-restricted), Part 2 - Tribunal, Law and Practice, 8 The Purpose and Function of the Mental Health Tribunal, Part 3 - Evidence in Brief , 9 Giving Evidence at the Tribunal, 10 The Nursing Evidence, 11 The Responsible Clinician’s Evidence, 12 The Care Coordinator’s Evidence, 13 The Patient, Nearest Relative and Advocate’s Evidence, 14 The Legal Representative

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Toyin Okitikpi was a principal lecturer and course director in social work. Having started in residential care he qualified as a generic social worker and worked in the field for many years. His interests include social work education, the importance of education in the lives of children and young people, refugee and asylum-seeking children and their families, social integration and cohesion, working with children of mixed parentage and interracial/multicultural families and their experiences. Currently he sits on several tribunals including the Mental Health Tribunal, the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, Employment Tribunal and the Ministry of Defence Service Complaints Appeals Board. He is a PhD; Professional and Practitioner Doctorate external examiner. He is also a Trustee of Primary Shakespeare Company and Turner Schools Academy Trust.

Herbert Mwebe is an Associate Professor of Mental Health and a Senior teaching fellow in the School of life and Health Sciences. He leads a team of mental health nurse academics in the planning and delivery of pre and post reg Mental Health programmes, including CPD. Herbert 's teaching and research interests focus on best practice relating to parity of esteem, with reference to improving physical health outcomes in SMI, appropriate, safe, and effective use of psychopharmacological agents, and recovery approaches. He has worked in various Higher Education and NHS settings, including General practice, secondary and primary care services. He is a specialist clinical advisor to the CQC, supporting with inspections of community and hospital MH settings. He sits on His Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service- The First Tier-Mental Health Tribunal as a Specialist Panel Member. He is an editorial board member for the British of Journal of Mental Health Nursing and an External Examiner at Bournemouth University on a range of CPD modules. He is a Peer reviewer for various journals including Mental Health Practice (RCNi). As QAA registrant visitor, Herbert undertakes the delivery of quality assurance services to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Herbert is a co-director and lead for Education and Training for a CIC diaspora Health association, Uganda Nurses, and Midwives Association UK

Helen Rees is a registered nurse and health visitor. She has worked in mental health nursing education since 2012 and currently holds the of Professional Nurse Educator Lead for Priory group. Helen teaches across a range of topics; areas of interest include children and young people’s mental health, mental health law and the reduction of coercion in healthcare. Helen is a steering committee member of the RCN mental health forum and a specialist judiciary member. Helen is a published author in several nursing areas and is a reviewer across several nursing journals. Helen sits on the approval panel for several national grant awards and is part of the accreditation team for the Royal College of Nursing.