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Tribunal therapy: using the mental health tribunal to instil optimism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2024

John Spencer  and
Maria Bisognia
John Spencer*
Affiliation:
A retired psychiatrist working with the New South Wales (NSW) Mental Health Review Tribunal service, Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia.
Maria Bisognia*
Affiliation:
Deputy President of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal, Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia.
*
Correspondence Email: mbiso@doh.health.nswgov.au, djohnspencer63@gmail.com
Correspondence Email: mbiso@doh.health.nswgov.au, djohnspencer63@gmail.com
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Summary

The role of mental health review tribunals is to oversee that standards of care and treatment are maintained for involuntary patients and for those on community treatment orders. This article considers some ways in which the basic principles of psychotherapy can be applied by tribunal members to offer patients a sense of hope, encouragement and optimism and reduce the emotional challenge of the tribunal review.

Keywords

Tribunalmental health servicesclinical governancepsychotherapymental health review
Type
Clinical Reflection
Information
BJPsych Advances , First View , pp. 1 - 2
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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