The role of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) in England and Wales was
intended to provide a social perspective as a 'counterweight'to a medical perspective when …

The role of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) under the in England and
Wales is to respond to referrals for psychiatric detention and make an application for …

Abstract In England and Wales, approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) undertake
interviews with service users as part of wider Mental Health Act assessments. AMHPs act as …

The rise in numbers of applications for people being formally detained in hospital is one of
the reasons given for the independent review of the Mental Health Act in England and …

The paper explores the notion of 'dirty work'in relation to the newly created role of the
Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). An AMHP undertakes various duties set out …

There is little empirical research focusing on how social workers experience the law in their
everyday professional practice, and still less on how mental health social workers …

The enactment of the Mental Health Act (MHA) 2007 introduced the role of the
multidisciplinary Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) in England and Wales by …

This article is an attempt to capture something of the atmosphere of a Mental Health Act
assessment, and was inspired by a recent article by Professor Harry Ferguson on child …

The remit of the opening chapter is to introduce the reader to the core underpinning themes,
theories and research of approved mental health practice. As is the case throughout the …

The study reported makes use of an existing database in order to examine a group of
individuals assessed by approved social workers (ASWs) under the Mental Health Act, with …