VOX is Scotland's National Mental Health advocacy organization, run by service users for service users. We aim to improve services and society by working with our members to identify what needs to change. For further information and to join take a look at our website. VOX Scotland
VOX is currently seeking to understand peoples experiences of mental health tribunals. The Mental Health Tribunal system exists to provide an independent and impartial service to make decisions on the compulsory care and treatment of people with mental disorders in Scotland; the link below will provide further information.
Tribunal decisions are required by law to take account of the past and present views of the patient, and those persons who are important to him/her. To promote the patient's participation as much as possible, to consider the full range of optionsavailable, to provide maximum benefit, to enable the patient to retain existing skills or develop new skills, and to select the option which has the least restriction on the patient's autonomy.
If you have attended a mental health tribunal we would greatly appreciate if you could take five to ten minutes (please note it has to be done in one sitting) to complete the following questionnaire, so we can understand how people find the process.
This questionnaire has been designed to be easy to complete. It can be completed anonymously or, at the end of the questionnaire, you will be asked if you would like to leave your details so you can obtain a copy of the report. We will use quotations in our final report, however, we will be careful to ensure that people cannot be identified.
If you are happy to take part, please continue to the first question
