Wesselys Mental Health review could also replace Mental Capacity Act

[Lou B Lou]

'In fact mental illness is increasingly present in patients of general hospitals as part of multimorbidity (the presence of multiple medical and psychiatric disorders in the same patient)' Prof Michael Sharpe.


Problem is that Professor Sharpe and his colleagues, and Jon Stone, Alan Carson etc, and increasing numbers of other diverse Health Care Professionals see Multimorbidity where there isn't any.

When encouraged to 'They see it everywhere'.

 

[CRG]

'In fact mental illness is increasingly present in patients of general hospitals as part of multimorbidity (the presence of multiple medical and psychiatric disorders in the same patient)' Prof Michael Sharpe.


Problem is that Professor Sharpe and his colleagues, and Jon Stone, Alan Carson etc, and increasing numbers of other diverse Health Care Professionals see Multimorbidity where there isn't any.

When encouraged to 'They see it everywhere'.

Is the recognition of multimorbity not an advance in the field - for example understanding addiction in an individual as a separate health issue from the Bipolar illness for which the patient is self medicating with addictive substances ?

 

[Sean]

Is the recognition of multimorbity not an advance in the field

Not in principle. The devil is in the details.

 

[Sly Saint]

@CRG
you might not be aware of what happened to Bob (Robert Courtney).
(I started this thread back in 2018 'in light of recent events' the 'recent events' are described in the following link).
https://www.s4me.info/threads/bob.1068/page-2#post-41205

 

[Sly Saint]

England and Wales draft Mental Health Bill: Implications for people with intellectual disabilities
John Taylor Carole Burrell

Abstract
The draft Mental Health Bill published by the UK Government in July 2022 aims to reform mental health legislation in England and Wales. One significant proposal is to remove intellectual disability and autism from the scope of the legislation in all but a limited number of circumstances. The basis for this proposed change is not clear and there are no plans to introduce alternatives to the current legislation for people with intellectual disabilities and autism whose behaviour is challenging and present significant risks to themselves or others. This paper examines the implications of these proposals for people with intellectual disabilities. It considers the New Zealand experience as the only other common-law jurisdiction to implement a similar legislative change. Links to the government's Transforming Care de-institutionalisation programme and associated policies are explored and calls for a review of this approach are set out.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160252723000110