title: Mental health law: compulsory treatment in a general medical setting.
abstract: Compulsory treatment of severe mental disorder can seem complicated even to psychiatrists. This article attempts to explain the current legal framework as it applies in common clinical situations in a general medical context.
authors.affiliation: Barts and the Royal London Specialist Registrar Training Scheme, East London.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Linford
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom