QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
This section can be used by police to enter private premises and remove a person to a place of safety. This can last up to 24 hours. Because this patient is in A+E, the police can use a section 136 to detain this patient.
10025214
e
Section 135
QuestionChoice
A section 136 can be used by police to bring someone in from a public place if the police believe they are mentally unwell. This section can last up to 24hours, after which they should have a mental health act assessment. Because this patient is in A+E, this counts as a public place.
10025210
a
Section 136
QuestionChoice
A section 5(4) can be used by nurses and means they can detain an individual for six hours if they believe this individual is suffering from a mental disorder. However, this patient is in a public place (A+E), and therefore require a Section 136 by the police to be detained.
10025211
b
Section 5(4)
QuestionChoice
A Section 5(2) is used by doctors to detain a person for up to 72 hours.  However, this patient is in a public place (A+E), and therefore require a Section 136 by the police to be detained.
10025212
c
Section 5(2)
QuestionChoice
This patient is in the emergency department which is classed as a public place, and therefore require a section 136 instead of a Section 5(3).
10025213
d
Section 5(3)
Concept
Chapter
2693
4434
The Mental Health Act
Topic
173
Psychiatry
17440
A 30-year-old female with known bipolar disorder has started shouting at staff in the emergency department. The police believe she is a risk to herself and others and wish to place her under a section of the mental health act.

Which of the following sections of the mental health act can be used by the police for this purpose?
a