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He showed us some letters which said that his neighbour had written to him.
He said that his neighbour has an alcohol problem and a learning disability.
There was no evidence of distraction, confusion or that he was responding
to internal stimuli.
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It is my view that Mr Cordell’s detention was not in the interests of his
health as I did not identify evidence of mental disorder during the visit. I did
not believe that Mr Cordell’s detention was necessary for his safety, Mr
Cordell denied experiencing any suicidal ideation and could I not identify
other risks to safety apart from possible substance misuse which could not
be used as the basis of detention without clear evidence of a mental disorder
associated with the substance misuse issues. I also did not think that the
threshold for detention on the basis of safety was met, he was having
conflict with neighbour this conflict did not appear to be driven by any
mental disorder.
Patient’s name: Simon Cordell
Date of assessment: 03.02.16
5. Consultation with Nearest Relative and process of identifying the
Nearest Relative
I identified Mr Cordell’s Nearest Relative as his mother Lorraine Cordell.
Mr Cordell lives alone and is single. As far as I could ascertain he did not
have any children and was not in relationship. His father was the older of
his parents but when I phoned his mother
on 03.02.16 she informed me that he was in regular contact with Mr Cordell
and did his shopping for him. I therefore formed the view that she provided
care and was the Nearest Relative.
I phoned Lorraine at around 09:30hrs
on 09.02.16 and she advised that in her view use of a warrant and the
Mental Health Act assessment were unnecessary as he would give
professionals access if he had received an appointment letter. She said that
he had a court case in February but would not elaborate on this. Lorraine
said that she thought that the involvement of mental health services was
unnecessary as Mr Cordell was not in her view experiencing any mental
health difficulties and had not experienced any mental health difficulties for
a number of months.
I was surprised that Lorraine stated that she did not think that Mr Cordell as
the recent referral to mental health services had been triggered by a referral
that she had made.
6. Consultation with Assessing Doctors
Both assessing Doctors declined to make medical recommendations and
were in agreement that there was no clear evidence of any mental disorder
during the assessing.
3. Views of others consulted
Prior to the assessment the police present advised me that were aware of
conflict between Mr Cordell and his neighbour. They advised that the
soundproofing between the two properties was poor. The police officers
advised me that they were aware that on one occasion Mr Cordell had
threatened to strangle his neighbour.