Robert Brown is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University and was a Founding Director of Edge Training and Consultancy Limited. He was a Mental Health Act Commissioner from 1992 until 2010. He provides refresher training for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and Best Interest Assessors (BIAs) and contributes to the training of section 12 approved doctors and Approved Clinicians in South West England and Wales. He provides consultation and supervision for the AMHPs/BIAs in the Deprivation of Liberty Team in Cornwall. Rob also provides consultation to Lead AMHPs in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Lambeth, Portsmouth and West Berkshire. He has published widely in the field of mental health and mental capacity law.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and definitions of mental disorderChapter 2: Civil admissions, guardianship and community treatment ordersChapter 3: Relatives and carersChapter 4: The role of the approved mental health professionalChapter 5: Patients concerned in criminal proceedingsChapter 6: Consent to treatment and mental capacityChapter 7: Mental health tribunals and hospital managers’ reviewsChapter 8: The Care Quality Commission for England and the Healthcare Inspectorate WalesChapter 9: Other relevant legislationChapter 10: The Human Rights Act 1998Chapter 11: The Deprivation of Liberty SafeguardsAppendix 1 Checklists for applications and formsAppendix 2 The Human Rights Act 1998Appendix 3 The Mental Health Act 1983: sections relevant to AMHPsAppendix 4A The AMHP Regulations for EnglandAppendix 4B The AMHP Regulations for WalesAppendix 5 Forms used in England and WalesAppendix 6 Tasks for AMHPs involved in MHA assessments (answers)Appendix 7 Practice Direction (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Statements and Reports in Mental Health CasesAppendix 8 The Conflicts of Interest Regulations for EnglandAppendix 9 Multiple choice answersAppendix 10 Supervision Orders under the Criminal Procedures (Insanity) Act 1964Appendix 11 Suggested documentation for Regulation 24Appendix 12: The Mental Health Act 1983 (Places of Safety) Regulations 2017

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