Citation

Pandarakalam JP. British Journal of Medical Practitioners 2015; 8(4).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015)

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Abstract

This paper discusses the merits and undesirable effects of compulsory detention on psychiatric patients and the dilemmas of the mental health staff. It also points out the added risk and the iatrogenic stress psycho geriatric patients in particular may be subjected in instances of mental health act assessments. There is a scarcity of research specifically concerned with the identification of the ill effects of compulsory detention and detection of a subset of highly vulnerable patients who are likely to respond negatively to compulsory care. The author does acknowledge the advantages of mental health acts. The objective is to enhance the awareness among mental health professionals for the need to upgrade the quality of research on the effects of involuntary admission and find more sophisticated alternatives. © 2015, JMN Medical Education Ltd. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

human; mental health; PTSD; Suicides; stress; awareness; mental patient; doctor patient relation; geriatric patient; psychiatric treatment; staff; detention; Demerits; Mental health acts; Merits