Advocard's Mental Health Act Resources

Categories
Advocard's Mental Health Act Advocacy Service
Other Advocacy Services
Mental Health Act Information: guides on the Scottish Government web site
Mental Health Tribunal Scotland
Mental Welfare Commission Scotland
Local Authorities & NHS

Advocard's Mental Health Act Advocacy Service

Advocacy in the Act - Downloadable AdvoCard leaflet in PDF form

Advance statements - Downloadable AdvoCard leaflet in PDF form

Named person - Downloadable AdvoCard leaflet in PDF form

Other Advocacy Services

A mental health advocacy guide for Edinburgh - Downloadable City of Edinburgh Council guide which AdvoCard helped draw up in PDF form

Mental Health Act Information: guides on the Scottish Government web site

The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 - Online version of the Act in full. The Act outlines the rights of mental health service users and the role and responsibilities of the State.

The New Mental Health Act: What's it all about? A Short introduction

Putting Principles into Practice - information for Service Users and their Carers

Independent advocacy: information for Service Users and their Carers

Compulsory treatment orders - information for Service Users and their Carers

Emergency and short-term powers - information for Service Users and their Carers

Consent to treatment - information for Service Users and their Carers

The appeals process - information for service users and their carers

Named Persons

Advance Statements

Rights of Carers - information for people who care for a service user

Mental Health Tribunal Scotland

Mental Health Tribunal Scotland - Web site of the Tribunal

An Introduction to the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland - Information for Service Users and their Carers - Online guide on the Scottish Government web site

Mental Welfare Commission Scotland

Mental Welfare CommissionScotland - Web site of the Commission

Local Authorities & NHS

The Roles and Duties of NHS Boards and Local Authorities - information for Service Users and their Carers - Online guide on the Scottish Government web site

A guide to the role of the mental health officer - information for service users and their carers -
Online guide on the Scottish Government web site