Mental Health Law 2EA Practical Guide
eBook - PDF

Mental Health Law 2EA Practical Guide

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Mental Health Law 2EA Practical Guide

About this book

Completely updated to reflect current changes in the law and in practice, Mental Health Law: A Practical Guide is a concise and approachable handbook to mental health law for students and professionals working in psychiatric settings.

  • Easy-to-read, practical, and illustrated with case examples and a wealth of practical advice to guide you through many complex legal issues
  • Multidisciplinary approach written by specialist authors and key opinion leaders who understand the practical issues you face
  • Fully updated and expanded to include the Mental Health Act 2007 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 so that you are totally up to date
  • Provides clear guidance, practical pointers, and all you need to know about mental health law implementation

This authoritative guide will serve as a comprehensive introduction and long-term resource manual for trainee and qualified psychiatrists as well as nurses, social workers, psychologists, and occupational therapists working in mental health.

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Yes, you can access Mental Health Law 2EA Practical Guide by Basant Puri,Robert Brown,Heather McKee,Ian Treasaden in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Medical Theory, Practice & Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781444149753
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Book title
  3. Contents
  4. Contributors
  5. Legal advisors
  6. Preface
  7. 1. History of mental health legislation
  8. 2. Definitions used in mental health legislation
  9. 3. Professional roles
  10. 4. Safeguards for patients under the Mental Health Act
  11. 5. Compulsory Admission to Hospital: (Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Mental Health Act)
  12. 6. Consent to Treatment Provisions under the Mental Health Act
  13. 7. Community Treatment Orders, Leave of Absence and After-care
  14. 8. Guardianship (Sections 7 or 37 of the Mental Health Act)
  15. 9. Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence
  16. 10. Mental Health Tribunals
  17. 11. Hospital Managers
  18. 12. Cross-border arrangements
  19. 13. The Mental Health Act Code of Practice and the Reference Guide
  20. 14. The Care Quality Commission
  21. 15. Consent and Capacity
  22. 16. The Mental Capacity Act 2005: Principles
  23. 17. Mental Capacity Act 2005: Provisions
  24. 18. Assessment of Capacity
  25. 19. Safeguards under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  26. 20. The Mental Capacity Act Codes of Practice
  27. 21. Human Rights Act 1998 in mental health legislation in the UK
  28. 22. Mental health, medication and the law
  29. 23. Research ethics
  30. 24. Child mental health law
  31. 25. Race, culture and mental health
  32. 26. Suicidal patients
  33. 27. Assessment of risk of violence
  34. 28. International comparison of mental health legislation
  35. Appendix I: Legal cases
  36. Appendix II: Summary of civil treatment codes
  37. Appendix III: Summary of civil compulsion sections
  38. Appendix IV: Flowchart of decisions involving consent to treatment
  39. Appendix V: Sample forms
  40. Back Cover