Well I know that Sections (yes, even assessment/treatment sections, like 2, 3, etc) can appear in your enhanced CRB if the Police were involved or were informed about them for some reason, particularly 136's/135's, but under no circumstances can they appear in a standard CRB check unless there was an Offence committed as well as it's not a criminal offence to get sectioned, even if it's by the Police. Anyway, apparently it generally only appears in an enhanced check if it's relevent, which is in the cases where there was violence or a threat of violence against other people, and I know of people who have been held under many Sections (including 136) and it has never once appeared on their enhanced CRB check.
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 you cannot legally be discriminated against for previous mental illness if you are now fit to work in a specific role. That's not to say some employers won't try to find ways to slither around it, but legally, they're not allowed to. Of course being sectioned limits prospects like immigrating to USA or Australia and joining the armed forces for obvious reasons, but mostly it shouldn't.
I don't know anything about Occupational Health, but I think the best way to approach this hurdle is just to be honest with your potential employers and tell them about your psychiatric history and/or involvement with the Police. It's better for you to explain what happened, rather than an enhanced CRB check to come back saying "person X was held under Section [insert number here] for being a threat to herself or others and for the purposes of treatment" seeing as the Police would be very impersonal. I mean, as long as you're mentally well NOW, there should be no problems and the law is on your side.
Good luck. x Heh.
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