Service Users' Perspective of Reasons for Detention Under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983

Sponsor

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT01135693

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Section 136 of the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983 allows the police to detain someone in a public place if there are reasons to believe that they may be suffering from a mental disorder and to be in need of care or control. For a significant number of psychiatric patients, detention under section 136 and accessing psychiatric services via the police remains an important, and sometimes the only pathway to care. Approximately 17400 people were detained under section 136 of the MHA 1983 during the year 2005-2006 (Independent Police Complaints Commission, 2008).

Despite the large number of patients accessing mental health services via the police, there is no research available to identify the service users' perspective of what led them to come into contact with police and to identify the reasons for care not being accessed by conventional routes. Royal College Psychiatrists (RCP, 2008) and Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC, 2008) found that there was lack of research into the service users' perspective and recommended research into this area.

The investigators have devised this research project to help themselves and the wider research and clinical community understand the service users' perspective of how they came to be detained by the police, whether the community services had failed and explore their views to understand what can be done to improve the service provisions.

Fieldhead hospital, Wakefield provides acute inpatient care for psychiatric patients. Those who are detained under section 136 of the MHA in Wakefield area are taken to a place of safety and following assessment they may be admitted formally or informally to Fieldhead hospital for assessment and treatment. Those who are detained under section 136 of MHA and subsequently admitted as inpatients to Fieldhead hospital will be included in this study.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Reasons for Detention Under Mental Health Act 1983

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

20 participants

Time Perspective:

Retrospective

Official Title:

A Qualitative Study of Service Users' Perspective of Reasons for Detention Under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 Using Grounded Theory

Study Start Date :

Aug 1, 2010

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2010

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Jan 1, 2011

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Those who have been detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and subsequently admitted to Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield
Those service users aged between 18 and 65 years
Those service users who have the capacity to consent to the interview

Exclusion Criteria:

Those service users who are under 18 years old and over 65 years old at the time of the study
Service users who are assessed to be incapacitated to consent to the study
Adults with dementia
Those who cannot understand and/or speak English sufficiently to participate in interview
Service user's who are currently experiencing crisis

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Fieldhead Hospital	Wakefield	West Yorkshire	United Kingdom	WF1 3SP

Sponsors and Collaborators

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Santhana K Gunasekaran, MBBS MRCPsych LLM, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Study Chair: John H Kent, MBBS FRCPsych, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust