About 226,000 results
Open links in new tab
  1. How to Section Someone: The Legal Steps - LegalClarity

    Aug 18, 2025 · Involuntary commitment, often referred to as “sectioning,” is a legal process designed to provide immediate mental health care to individuals who cannot make sound …

  2. Involuntary commitment - Wikipedia

    Criteria for civil commitment are established by laws which vary between nations.

  3. Understanding Sectioning in Mental Health Law

    Jun 23, 2025 · Sectioning, also known as involuntary commitment or compulsory admission, is a legal process where an individual is detained in a psychiatric hospital or unit against their will …

  4. Being Sectioned - The Mind and Soul Foundation

    Anyone with a mental disorder or a learning disability (in limited situations) can be sectioned if they require assessment or treatment. It must be necessary for the person’s health or safety, …

  5. Understanding the Mental Health Act and Sectioning: Key ...

    Feb 18, 2025 · Sectioning, also known as involuntary commitment, refers to the process of detaining someone in a psychiatric facility for assessment and treatment against their will.

  6. Healthtalk

    To be sectioned, three people (an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) or nearest relative and two doctors) must agree that the person is suffering from a mental disorder and …

  7. What are your legal rights if you are sectioned | Mind

    Sectioning Explains the rights that you have if you are sectioned and detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983.

  8. Patient.info: Health Information and Symptom Checker

    Patient.info: Health Information and Symptom Checker

  9. SECTIONING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Sectioning a binary operator involves providing it with one of its arguments, and results in a function of the other argument.

  10. Being sectioned - The Mix

    What is sectioning? Being sectioned means being detained under a ‘section’ (paragraph) of the Mental Health Act 1983. There are different types of sections, which all have a different set of …