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Table 2 Legal status of patient at assessment

From: A prospective, quantitative study of mental health act assessments in England following the 2007 amendments to the 1983 act: did the changes fulfill their promise?

Legal status category

Number of assessments

Percent

Valid percent

Community/None

1504

34.0

40.9

Hospital informal

192

4.3

5.2

Section 2

347

7.8

9.4

Section 3

173

3.9

4.7

Section 4 or 5

309

7.0

8.4

Section 7

148

3.3

4.0

Section 135 or 136

813

18.4

22.1

Other (includes CTOa)

193

4.4

5.2

Missing

744

16.8

 
  1. aCommunity Treatment Order