Chapter 10: Independent advocacy in mental health care
1.An advocate is someone who ___.
- Advises you and tells you what is best for you
- Helps you to get your point of view across
- Gives their viewpoint to help you make up your mind
- Acts on what they believe to be your best interests
2. Which of these groups is most likely to access IMHA services?
- People in forensic mental health services
- People under a community treatment order
- People whose first language isn’t English
- Young people detained under the MH Act
3. Patients qualify for help from an IMHA if they are ___.
- A voluntary patient in a hospital in England
- A voluntary or involuntary patient in a hospital in Wales
- Wanting to make a complaint
- An adult over 21 years who is detained in hospital
4. The role of the mental health nurse is to ___.
- Act in the person’s best interests
- Be the patient’s/service user’s advocate
- Represent the patient’s/service user’s views at Tribunals
- Stand up for the patients’ rights at Manager’s Hearings
5. Family and friends who are carers can ___.
- Represent what the patient wants
- Present what they think is best for the patient
- Put forward an independent perspective
- Be totally objective about the person’s care and treatment
6. Difficulties in the relationship between nurses and advocates can arise because___.
- Nurses understand the role of independent advocacy
- Advocates are antagonistic to mental health professionals
- There is poor understanding of the role of independent advocacy
- The advocacy role is the responsibility of nurses
7. Effective working relationships between mental health services and advocacy occur when
- Advocates are based in the hospital
- Advocates are considered as part of the team
- Advocates work in patients’ best interests
- There is a clear distinction between independent advocacy and clinical best interests