title: Trends in the use of the Mental Health Act: England, 1984-96.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Guy's, King's College, and St Thomas's School of Medicine and the Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AZ.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hotopf
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wessely
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Churchill
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D013222:State Medicine; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology