Sections can be carried out by two doctors and a social worker, or just an Approved Social Worker, or the shorter ones can be carried out by nurses or the police.
It means you will be detained in a place of safety - if the police section you they can take you to the police station or a special suite in a psychiatric hospital until further assessment. Nurses can detain you on the ward pending a doctor's assessment. Doctors and social workers can send you directly to the psychiatric ward.
They sign a pink paper saying you can be sectioned. It's frustrating being sectioned; there's a lot less freedom than being informal. I wouldn't recommend it as a course of action.
If you are aware you might be sectioned, I strongly recommend you go in voluntarily.
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