Rights of Appeal: The Mental Health Act 1983

Synopsis: Intended for patients and relatives who want to know about the rights of appeal under the Mental Health Act 1983, answering commonly asked petients’ questions. A consultant psychiatrist and a social work explain the different reasons for admission, the roles of the people involved in the process and the differing lengths of stay and procedures for discharge. In brief interviews patients talk bout their own feelings and experiences of admission to hospital under the Mental Health Act.

The DVD also contains the programme IS ECT FOR YOU?
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1995
Notes: The programed is repeated on the tape as a Hindi dub.
Uses: Patients and their relatives, and staff new to psychiatry.
Subjects: Psychiatry
Keywords: Mental Health Act 1983; patient education; patients’ rights

Producer

Cast

Patricia Carter
Peter Maddocks

Name: Concord Media
Email: sales@concordmedia.org.uk
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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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Phone: 07810 072261
Address: c/o Cardinal Broadcast
Room 144 N&P Building
Pinewood Studios
Iver Heath
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