Sectioning

Question 1

Who carries out a section 136?

Answer 1

Police

Question 2

What is a section 136?

Answer 2

Patient taken from public place to a place of safety

Question 3

Who carries out a section 135?

Answer 3

Police (with court order)

Question 4

What is a section 135?

Answer 4

Patient taken from home to a place of safety

Question 5

When is a patient placed on a section 2?

Answer 5

Unwilling to voluntarily engage with help, risk still high

Question 6

What is a section 2?

Answer 6

28 days for assessment

Question 7

Who needs to be present at a section 2?

Answer 7

Doctor
Approved MH professional
Independent doctor - who doesn’t work in the hospital

Question 8

What is a section 3?

Answer 8

6 months for ongoing assessment and treatment

Question 9

What is a section 5.2?

Answer 9

Any doctor can detain a patient on any ward (not A&E) for 72 hours to get a MHA assessment done if their risk is high

Question 10

What is a community treatment order?

Answer 10

Patient is low risk, but non-compliance is likely

If conditions of order are broken a patient will be detained again in hospital