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Mental
health advocacy qualification launched
December 29,
2008
by Angela Hussain
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A national mental
health advocacy qualification is to be launched by the government.
The trained
"independent mental health advocates" (IMHAs) will support
detained patients who, under new mental health law, are entitled
to independent support and advice on their rights.
Patients under
a community treatment order will also be entitled to an IMHA.
The advocacy
service, part of the new Mental Health Act which came into force
in November last year, is already available in Wales.
The advocacy
qualification will include four core modules on generic advocacy,
and several specialist modules, including an IMHA module.
Details were
included in the government's publication last month of commissioning
guidelines on IMHAs for primary care trusts.
* See Department
of Health guidelines
on IMHAs
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