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HASSET Thesaurus

Concept information

GROUPS > DISADVANTAGED GROUPS > MENTALLY VULNERABLE PERSONS

Preferred term

MENTALLY VULNERABLE PERSONS  

Definition

  • THOSE WHO MAY BE ACUTELY OR CHRONICALLY MENTALLY ILL; THOSE WITH NEUROSIS, BEHAVIOURAL AND/OR PERSONALITY DISORDERS; THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES; SOME WHO, AS A FUNCTION OF ALCOHOL AND/OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE, HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM; AND, ANY WHO ARE SUSPECTED OF FALLING INTO ONE OR OTHER OF THESE GROUPS. THE TERM ALSO INCLUDES THOSE IN WHOM A DEGREE OF MENTAL DISTURBANCE IS RECOGNISED, EVEN THOUGH THAT MAY NOT BE SEVERE ENOUGH TO BRING IT WITHIN THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN BY THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983.

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History note

  • TERM CREATED APRIL 2006

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Definition source

  • NACRO

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/bf5d0502-f4d0-4098-9425-c90f0029ed6e

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