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Law and Mental Health:Impossible, Impractical, Essential
Brendan Kelly
Mental Health Act 2001
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
2014 2013
All admissions 17,797 18,457
Rate (per 100,000) 388 402
Involuntary 2,066 2,039
Rate (per 100,000) 45.0 44.4
HRB
England: 110
Mental Health Act 2001
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
1. Decision-making assistant
2. Co-decision-maker
3. Decision-making representative
0%
? 50%
100%
How much decision-making authority is given away?
No
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Ireland
17,797 psychiatry admissions pa 29% lack capacity
503,509 medical admissions pa 30% lack capacity
22,000 people in nursing homes 60% lack capacity
Kelly BDPenrose’s Law in Ireland: Ecological Analysis of Psychiatric Inpatients and Prisoners, 1963-2003. Irish Medical Journal 2007; 100: 373-4
brendan.kelly@tcd.ie
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