ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank the following people for their support. Our appreciation goes to local authorities, national and local voluntary organisations who assisted the authors. Particular mention should go to the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland headquarters staff who assisted the project throughout its lifetime and also to staff at the Mental Welfare Commission. Thank you to the project advisory group: Sandy McComish, Brodie Patterson, Richard Simmons; Elizabeth Purser, Mark Kinghorn and Callum Hendry. The authors are also grateful to all individual workers, professionals, Named Persons, and service users and carers who gave their time and perspectives. Finally thank you to Aileen Barclay, Research Fellow, DASS, University of Stirling, who assisted the authors in the final months of the project.