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Restrictions of freedom  Involuntary internment  The conditions
for involuntary internment  The Mental Health Act 2007 contains
details of the procedure for the admission and compulsory
detention of a person in a hospital. However, this does not mean
that compulsory detention is the only possibility. Section 131
states:  "Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing a
patient who requires treatment for mental disorder from being
admitted to any hospital or mental nursing home in pursuance of
arrangements made in that behalf and without any application,
order or direction rendering him liable to be detained under
this Act, or from remaining in any hospital or mental nursing
home in pursuance of such arrangements after he [1] has ceased
to be so liable to be detained."  Consequently, if it is
possible for a person to be admitted on a voluntary or informal
basis, this should be considered before resorting to compulsory
detention. In fact, involuntary