A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Health Act
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A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Health Act

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A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Health Act

About this book

A 'how to' book guiding clinicians through the mental health legislation that they need to understand and use in their daily practice, covering the Mental Health Act 1983 and subsequent amendments. This revised and updated edition incorporates new acts, such as the Policing and Crime Act 2017 and Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019. It also covers the findings and implications from Professor Sir Simon Wessely's 2018 review of the Mental Health Act in a new chapter. Written by two leading psychiatrists with many years of experience in using the mental health legislation and in running mental health law courses, this book outlines how changes to statutes and case law have a direct bearing on day-to-day psychiatric practice and why it is important that clinicians of all disciplines have access to and understand the legislation. This is the go-to guide for all clinicians, doctors and nurses working in mental health services.

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Yes, you can access A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Health Act by Tony Zigmond,Nick Brindle in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Psychiatry & Mental Health. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781009178303
eBook ISBN
9781009184847
Edition
5
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Psychiatry & Mental Health

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Contents
  6. Preface to the First Edition
  7. Preface to the Second Edition
  8. Preface to the Third Edition
  9. Preface to the Fourth Edition
  10. Preface to the Fifth Edition
  11. List of Abbreviations
  12. Chapter 1 Setting the Scene, Statutory Law and the Common Law
  13. Chapter 2 The Human Rights Act in Clinical Practice
  14. Chapter 3 Capacity: The Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
  15. Chapter 4 The Mental Health Act
  16. Chapter 5 The Mental Health Act: Part II (Civil Sections)
  17. Chapter 6 The Mental Health Act: Part III (Sections Relating to Courts and Prisons)
  18. Chapter 7 Community Treatment Orders
  19. Chapter 8 The Mental Health Act: Part IV (Consent to Treatment)
  20. Chapter 9 Appeals against Detention/Compulsion
  21. Chapter 10 Special Provisions in Relation to Minors
  22. Chapter 11 How to Become Section 12 Approved and/or an Approved Clinician
  23. Chapter 12 Reform of the Mental Health Act for England
  24. Appendix 1: Guidelines and Forms for Wales
  25. Appendix 2: Guidelines and Forms for England
  26. References
  27. Index