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 decisions for …

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. This step is taken …

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 for treatment …

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

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, or for the …

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

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 needs to be detained …

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 rules for your …

Phrasal verb section something off (Definition of sectioning from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)