Table 4.

Sections of Mental Health Act used for intervention and control groups

Type of section*	5.2	2	3	4	135	136	37	Other	Total
Intervention group	1	4	10	0	0	1	0	3	19
Control group	8	6	19	1	0	1	1	1	37

^*More than one Section may be applied per patient. Section 5.2 allows for detention while already in hospital for up to 72 hours. Sections 2, 3, and 4 allow compulsory admission to hospital depending on whether the application involves one (section 4) or two doctors (sections 2 and 3) and on whether admission is for up to 28 days' assessment (section 2) or for up to 6 months' treatment (section 3). Section 136 allows the police to remove someone to a place of safety from a public place, and section 135 allows them to do this from a person's home having obtained a warrant from a magistrate. Section 37 is a hospital order, which follows trial with psychiatric defence.