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Remanded in Hospital for Psychiatric Examination

Sec. 54, Mental Health (Scotland) Act, 1960—A Review of 107 Admissions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. K. Binns ,
J. M. Carlisle ,
D. H. Nimmo ,
R. H. Park  and
N. A. Todd
J. K. Binns
Affiliation:
Leverndale Hospital, 510 Crookston Road, Glasgow, S.W.3
J. M. Carlisle
Affiliation:
Leverndale Hospital, 510 Crookston Road, Glasgow, S.W.3
D. H. Nimmo
Affiliation:
Leverndale Hospital, 510 Crookston Road, Glasgow, S.W.3
R. H. Park
Affiliation:
Leverndale Hospital, 510 Crookston Road, Glasgow, S.W.3
N. A. Todd
Affiliation:
Leverndale Hospital, 510 Crookston Road, Glasgow, S.W.3
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Section 54 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act, 1960, enables a court to remand to hospital for psychiatric examination and report persons charged with an offence who also appear to be mentally disordered. This article reviews this section of the Act in its practical aspects as experienced by the consultant staff of one Scottish mental hospital during the two-year period 1965–6.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 527 , October 1969 , pp. 1125 - 1132
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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