‘Mental Health Act: Are military veterans at a greater risk of being sectioned than civilians?

  • Applicant: Laura Palmer
  • Project ID: 22-014

The aim of this project is to investigate whether there are differences in the use of the Mental Health Act sectioning powers between military veterans and civilians. The project will use a pre-existing gender and age matched cohort of civilians and veterans to explore the reasons behind their sectioning and try to identify any differences.

The Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) system is a computer system that allows researchers at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to carry out research using information from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust clinical records.

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The Clinical Record Interactive Search has been developed in collaboration with:

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
NIHR Maudsley BRC