title: Authorisation for deprivation of liberty when receiving treatment for a mental disorder in hospital.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer in Health Law at Swansea University, discusses when an informal patient would be eligible to be deprived of their liberty under the deprivation of liberty safeguards.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005610:Freedom; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom