JARGON BUSTER “I”

ICB - See INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

ICA – See INDIVIDUAL CARE AGREEMENT

ICD 11 - See INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE 11

ICO – See INTERIM CARE ORDER (CHILDREN)

INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES - Are professionals who support people who are detained or ‘sectioned’ under the Mental Health Act. Patients can also have free help from IMHAs if they are on a supervised community treatment order, guardianship, or their treatment is subject to certain rules. IMHAs can:

• Support patients to receive information about the how Mental Health Act applies to them

• Speak to professionals to ensure a patient’s views are heard

• Receive information and explanations about a patient’s treatment

• Appeal against a section

• Access records relating to the patient’s detention

Patients entitled to help from an IMHA can contact the services themselves or ask someone else to do this on their behalf.

INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY - Refers to being supported by a person that is called an Advocate to have your voice heard and understand your rights.

INDEPENDENT OFFICE for POLICE CONDUCT (IOPC) - The IOPC are the police complaints watchdog for England and Wales. It is an independent organisation which investigates the most serious complaints and conduct matters involving the police, and we set the standards by which the police should handle complaints.

INDIVIDUAL CARE AGREEMENT - Is a plan for providing care tailored to the individual needs of a person.

INKBLOT TEST - See (Rorschach Inkblot Test)

INTEGRATED CARE BOARD - Are organisations responsible for planning and commissioning healthcare services in a local area. Often used by professionals and staff.

INTERIM CARE ORDER (CHILDREN) - An ‘interim care order’ (ICO) is an order that can be made by the court before the final hearing, when all the evidence is put before the Judge and a final decision is made about the child’s future. Final hearings often take a while to organise as usually a lot of evidence has to be gathered – assessments of the parents and other family members will usually be needed so the court has the best information before it to make a decision that’s right for the child. There may be a need to get hold of police and medical evidence. When Children Act 1989 was written, people thought care proceedings from start to finish would be over in a few months. Therefore, the initial plan was that an ICO would hold the fort for a short period of time until the final hearing could be listed, and a final care (or supervision) order made. Shortly after the Children Act came into force, it was found that care proceedings began to take a lot longer than a few months to sort out – the average case was taking a year or even longer to resolve. The government became so concerned about this that they enacted the Children and Families Act 2014; section 14 provides that care proceedings must finish as soon as possible or take no more than 26 weeks.

INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE 11 - Produced by the World Health Organisation – A code-based diagnostic tool that establishes set criteria for physical health and mental health diseases and disorders. Current edition 11

INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY DISORDER EXAMINATION (IPDE) - The International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) is a semi-structured clinical interview designed to assess personality disorders according to ICD-10 and DSM-IV classification systems The IPDE was developed as part of a joint program by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to standardise diagnostic assessment instruments for personality disorders globally. It aims to facilitate the diagnosis of personality disorders in diverse cultural contexts and has been translated into multiple languages to ensure accessibility.

INTERSEX - Used to describe a person who may have the biological attributes of both sexes, or whose biological attributes do not fit with societal assumptions about what constitutes male or female. Intersex people may identify as male, female, or non-binary.

IOPC - See INDEPENDENT OFFICE for POLICE CONDUCT

IPDE - See INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY DISORDER EXAMINATION