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The mental health detention process: a scoping review to inform GP training

Paula Houton, Helen Reid, Gavin Davidson and Gerard Gormley
BJGP Open 2022; 6 (4): BJGPO.2022.0061. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0061
Paula Houton
1 Centre for Medical Education, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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2 School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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    Table 1. Outline of approach for database searches
    StepsDescription
    1. Mental health detention processArticles that included terms related to the mental health detention process were searched first
    2a. Education or training termsThen articles were searched that included terms related to education, training, or specific training approaches, which were found while doing background reading
    2b. Stakeholder termsSearches were also undertaken for articles linked to each of the respective stakeholders involved in the mental health detention process
    3. Combined searchThen searches were undertaken that combined steps 1 AND (2a OR 2b)
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    Table 2. Search terms used for PsycINFO. These terms were adapted for use across all databases.
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    Mental health detentioncommitment (psychiatric) or involuntary treatment or mental health detention or compulsory detention or compulsorily detained or mental health* or detention or compulsory power or involuntar*commit* or civil commitment or mental health emerg* or mental health cris* or mental health act or mental health legislation or mental health law or mental health order
    Educationtrain* or educat* or teaching or medical education or nursing education or social work education or (paramedic* or ambulance*)adj3(educat* or train*) or (psychiatrist*adj3 (train* or educat*) or psychiatric training or (police* adj3 (train*or educat*) or clinical education or mental health act training or mental capacity act training or simulation or patient simulation* or simulation training or mental health simulation* or simulation work or respond train* or Maudsley or forum theat* or (**recognising and assessing medical problems in psychiatric settings* or RAMPPS)
    Stakeholdergeneral practitioners or family practitioner* or family doctor* or medic* or doctor or approved social work* or approved mental health professional or social work* or (*community mental health care team** or CMHT) or community health worker or (psychiatric) community worker* team* or nursing or emergency medical technician* or (paramedic* or ambulance*) or psych* or psychiatrist* or police* or patient
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    Table 3. Inclusion and exclusion criteria at the full-text phase
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    *Education/training AND Mental Health (MH) detention process OR MH detention legislationOR*Unmet training needs AND MH detention process OR MH detention legislationOR*Problems/difficulties with the application for MH detention process that could potentially be addressed through training*Not relevant to the MH detention process OR MH detention legislation*Not relevant to education/training approaches or unmet training needs*Study is clearly unrelated to scoping review question

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