Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities: Volume 11 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Niall O’Kane, Ian Hall

Is mental capacity in the eye of the beholder?

Alex Ruck Keene

The purpose of this paper – written by a practising barrister specialising in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 – is to survey law and practice in England and Wales with a view to…

Capacity to consent to sexual relations and the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Victoria Butler-Cole

The purpose of this paper is to outline the current state of the Court of Protection case law on capacity to consent to sexual relations and identifies a number of difficulties…

Challenging deprivation of liberty: advocating for your rights

Niall O’Kane, Ian Hall, Mo Eyeoyibo

The purpose of this paper is to review a case of a man with a mild learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder who successfully appealed against a Deprivation of Liberty…

Guardianship and supported decision making in Israel

Rebecca Naomi Davies, Shirli Werner, Amanda Sinai

Recent research has promoted the use of supported decision making, in contrast to historical methods of substitute decision making when working with people with intellectual…

Reporting of use of coercive measures from a Dutch perspective

Brenda Frederiks, Baukje Schippers, Moniek Huijs, Sofie Steen

The purpose of this paper is to advance a number of outlooks on the reporting of the use of coercive measures in the care for persons with intellectual disabilities. The following…

Learning disability and the Scottish Mental Health Act

Heather Welsh, Gary Morrison

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 for people with learning disabilities in Scotland, in the context…