| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/04/02/05/06 |
| Title | Mental Impairment and Severe Mental Impairment |
| Date | 1991-1997 |
| Extent | 2 files |
| Physical Description | Some rust marks |
| Description | British Psychological Society Professional Affairs Board report 'Mental Impairment and Severe Mental Impairment A Search for Definitions 1991 includes report, drafts, press release and draft emphasizing effect of poll tax (community charge) on the issue and covering letter to Minister and MPs. Report written by BPS Professional Affairs Board Working Group which comprised: Elaine Alves, Chris Williams, Ian Stephen and Glyndwr Prosser.
Also file 2 copy of The Mental Health Order (N. Ireland) 1986 Mental Handicap , Severe Mental Handicap and Severe Mental Impairment. Definitions and Operational Guidelines July 1995 and correspondence with Colin Newman in 1997 about it. |
| Format | File |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| File 1 of Stephen White BPS Director of Information, File 2 of Colin Newman BPS Executive Secretary |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS Professional Affairs Board Papers 1990
BPS Professional Affairs Board Papers 1991 |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/4/01/02/11 |
| BPS/001/4/01/02/12 |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Mental diseases |
| Public Relations |
| Mentally disabled |
| Intellectual disability |
| AdminHistory | The Mental Health Act (1983) for England and Wales intriduced some changes to mental health legislation relating to those individuals previously referred to legally as the 'mentally deficient' or 'mentally subnormal', rather than have a category for 'mental handicap' or of 'severe mental handicap'. Instead two new categories 'mental impairment and severe mental impairment were introduced into the legislation. The Mental Health (N. Ireland) Order 1986 also introduced changes the term 'person requiring special care' was abandoned while the categories of'mental handicap' and 'severe mental handicap' were introdcued for the first time.
Netierh the Mental Health act (1983) nor the Mnethal Health (N. Ireland) order provided operationla guidelines for the proper allocation of individuals to the appropriate categories. In 1991 the British Psychological Society published 'Mental Impairment and Severe Mental Impairment: A Search for Definitions' which set out the case for objective operational guidelines in the area. Operational Guidleines were drawn up for Northern Ireland in 1995 - which also put the case that psychologists preferably chartered psycholigsts should be the ones who utililised them |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |
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