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diagnosis of eating disorder because I'm type 1 and follow low carb diet?
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<blockquote data-quote="DCUKMod" data-source="post: 1514359" data-attributes="member: 345386"><p>In the UK, I don't believe you lose any rights, unless you are sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Patients who are not sectioned, retain their rights to consent, or refuse treatment and so on.</p><p></p><p>Quite some years ago, I was unwell enough, as a result of an eating disorder to require hospitalisation for several weeks. I was not sectioned at any time, and my treatment planning was shared with me at all stages and I was regularly asked to confirm my consent as things changed.</p><p></p><p>Eating disorders are classified as being a mental disorder under the Mental Health Act, but diagnosis doesn't automatically signal a sectioning.</p><p></p><p>The NHS summary guide to Sectioning under the Mental Health Act is here: <a href="http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/mentalhealthservices/Documents/Detention%20_Under%20_The%20_Mental%20_Health%20_Act%20_Factsheet.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/mentalhealthservices/Documents/Detention _Under _The _Mental _Health _Act _Factsheet.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DCUKMod, post: 1514359, member: 345386"] In the UK, I don't believe you lose any rights, unless you are sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Patients who are not sectioned, retain their rights to consent, or refuse treatment and so on. Quite some years ago, I was unwell enough, as a result of an eating disorder to require hospitalisation for several weeks. I was not sectioned at any time, and my treatment planning was shared with me at all stages and I was regularly asked to confirm my consent as things changed. Eating disorders are classified as being a mental disorder under the Mental Health Act, but diagnosis doesn't automatically signal a sectioning. The NHS summary guide to Sectioning under the Mental Health Act is here: [URL]http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/mentalhealthservices/Documents/Detention%20_Under%20_The%20_Mental%20_Health%20_Act%20_Factsheet.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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