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InnovAiT 2008 1(5):351-355; doi:10.1093/innovait/inn014
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Disturbed behaviour and the Mental Health Act

Professor Tony Kendrick

Professor of Primary Medical Care, Southampton University Medical School, Southampton, UK

Dr Chantal Simon

Executive Editor, InnovAiT

E-mail: chantal.simon{at}oxfordjournals.org


  Abstract

When a patient becomes very agitated or violent, threatens suicide or starts to behave oddly, the GP is usually called—by the patient, relatives or friends or police attending the disturbance. As a GP, it is important to know how to handle such situations and under what circumstances the Mental Health Act applies.


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