An alarming rise in mental-health sectioning in Britain Fewer psychiatric beds and growing risk-aversion among doctors may be to blame.
The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act in England rose from 43,463 in 2009 to 63,622 in 2016. The process requires two doctors and one approved mental-health professional, like a social worker or nurse, to agree that a patient needs hospital treatment for a mental-health disorder, and that they may pose a danger to themself or others. The Economist
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