# Increasing use of MHA. Darren Boyle, 'As more mental health patients are locked away against their will experts warn of a return to the grim age of asylums' (Mail on Sunday, 27/8/22)

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— This article argues that the increasing use of the MHA is "at least in part a symptom of a wider problem in the NHS: the practice of defensive medicine".

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Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Darren\_Boyle,\_%27As\_more\_mental\_health\_patients\_are\_locked\_away\_against\_their\_will\_experts\_warn\_of\_a\_return\_to\_the\_grim\_age\_of\_asylums%27\_(Mail\_on\_Sunday,\_27/8/22)?id=141122-1346](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Darren_Boyle,_%27As_more_mental_health_patients_are_locked_away_against_their_will_experts_warn_of_a_return_to_the_grim_age_of_asylums%27_(Mail_on_Sunday,_27/8/22)?id=141122-1346)