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prescribed medication and followed up by EIS.
He reportedly did not engage with services or
medication and was thereafter discharged from
EIS. He has a current working diagnosis of
schizophrenia.
The current admission follows an incident in
October 2018 which led to safeguarding
concerns and the Enfield Adult North Locality
Team's decision to arrange an MHA assessment.
Mr Cordell was detained subject to Section 2 on
the 25.11.2018.
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The Responsible Authority's case
2. The clinical case argued that the patient has a
chronic and enduring mental illness. It is
unclear whether the mental disorder responds
to treatment as the patient has not engaged
consistently with treatment. Currently, the
patient has been assessed without medication
as Mr. Cordell does not accept that he
requires psychotropic medication. Mr.
Cordell presents with a number of
persecutory, paranoid thoughts in relation to
his beliefs that the police and his neighbours
are in some way targeting him. Mr. Cordell
also exhibits thought disorder and some
tangentiality in his response to questions
posed. The professional evidence argued that
the nature and degree of the mental disorder
warranted the patient's continued detention
of assessment which is justified in the
interests of the patient's health, safety, and
the protection of others.
The patient's view
3. Mr. Cordell was polite and courteous
towards the panel. He told the panel that he
did not accept that he has a mental illness or
any need for medication. He said he
experienced anxiety and distress at his
accommodation. He indicated that the 48
allegations between 6.7.2016 and 2.10.2018
set out in the medical report from an Enfield
Council Report regarding concerns and
breaches of his tenancy agreement were all
fabricated. He did not accept that he was in
any way at fault. He repeated on several
occasions that his neighbours had submitted
a litany of complaints to council officials
about him in order to undermine his