The effect of rapidly discharging psychiatric inpatients from Mental Health Act section during COVID-19: a cohort study.
James Payne-GillC WhitfieldA BeckPublished in: Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences (2021)
We did not find evidence that service users rapidly discharged from section experienced poorer outcomes. This raises the possibility that the Mental Health Act is applied in an overly restrictive manner, meaning that sections for some formally detained service users could be ended earlier without compromising safety.