Under the Mental Health Act, your nearest relative can:

• apply to section you or place you under a guardianship: see Sectioning and guardianships.

• object to you being sectioned or placed under a guardianship: see Sectioning and guardianships.

• discharge you if you are sectioned and apply to the Mental Health Tribunal if this is refused: see Sectioning and guardianships.

• ask for an independent advocate to give you support: see Independent advocacy.

• be consulted and/or given information about you if you are sectioned: see Information about me

• appoint someone else to be your nearest relative: see Changing my nearest relative.

This information was published in August 2018. We will revise it in 2020.