Mental health knowledge and practice hub

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Learning points

How social workers can improve personalisation in mental health services and support positive risk-taking to improve people’s lives.
What an approved mental health professional (AMHP) is and does.
How the Mental Health Act 1983 provides for the compulsory treatment of people in hospital and the community.
Test your knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 (only available to premium partner organisations).

Client groups

Multimedia learning

Learn on the go podcast: personality disorder

Dementia and mental health comorbidities in older people

Learning disabilities and mental health problems: quick guide

Mental health and adults from black, Asian and ethnic minority communities: quick guide

Adults who self-harm: quick guide

Domestic abuse and adults with mental health problems: quick guide

Domestic abuse, substance use and mental ill health

Parental mental illness

Depression in older adults: lessons from research

Adults who hoard

Adults who self-neglect

Adults with an acquired brain injury

Working with adults with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Problem gambling and social work

Carers of adults with mental health needs

The law: what you need to know

Supported learning

Quiz: Mental Health Act
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The Mental Health Act 1983

The interface between the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Fluctuating capacity and the law: quick guide

Writing a social circumstances report for a mental health tribunal

Deprivation of liberty in psychiatric settings: quick guide

Roles and responsibilities of the nearest relative: quick guide

Advance statements and decisions: quick guide