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The ABC of community emergency care
Mental Health- Consent, the law and depression- management in emergency settings
1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of East Anglia, UK
2 East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust, UK
Accepted 10 December 2004
Abbreviations: ASW, Approved Social Worker; CRHTT, crisis resolution and home treatment terms; DSH, deliberate self harm; MHA, Mental Health Act; MHNSF, Mental Health National Health Service Framework
Keywords: Mental health; deliberate self harm
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This article has been written with reference to the mental health legislation in England. Variations in this legislation occur in other countries of the UK. Practitioners working in other countries of the UK will require knowledge of the specific legislation for their country.
Mental health problems present in between 30% and 60% of primary care consultations.1 One in six men and one in four women will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their lives.2,3 GPs, for example, find that at least 30% (or 1.5 days per week) of their working week concerns mental health consultations. For depression alone, prevalence amongst the adult population in the UK varies between 17–71 per thousand for men and from 25–124 per thousand for women.
The standards of the Mental Health National Health Service Framework (MHNSF) aim to support more consistent access and delivery of primary care services including out of hours
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