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CAN I MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS ABOUT MY TREATMENT?

You should not be forced to stay in hospital if you can show that the treatment or assessment you have been admitted for could be given to you outside your unit, perhaps in the community or even as a day-patient, and you will agree to the treatment. This is because the Mental Health Act 1983 says that you should only be detained if that is the only way to provide you with the treatment you need.

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what is the toolkit why express yourself? Jargon Buster what are my rights? what's the least I should expect? why am I in hospital? can I choose whether to be admitted or not? what should the ward be like? can I make own decisions about my treatment? what does consent to treatment mean? Being detained under the mental health act appealing against being detained supervised community treatment some questions answered who can I talk to? speaking your mind how to be assertive complaining about a service skills in expressing your complaint useful phone numbers and addresses the power tools the 12 power tools
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