Mental Health Law 2EA Practical Guide
eBook - ePub

Mental Health Law 2EA Practical Guide

  1. 293 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

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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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2017
Topic
Law
eBook ISBN
9781040082959
Subtopic
Mental Health in Psychology
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Legal advisors
  8. Preface
  9. 1. History of mental health legislation
  10. 2. Definitions used in mental health legislation
  11. 3. Professional roles
  12. 4. Safeguards for patients under the Mental Health Act
  13. 5. Compulsory Admission to Hospital: (Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Mental Health Act)
  14. 6. Consent to Treatment Provisions under the Mental Health Act
  15. 7. Community Treatment Orders, Leave of Absence and After-care
  16. 8. Guardianship (Sections 7 or 37 of the Mental Health Act)
  17. 9. Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence
  18. 10. Mental Health Tribunals
  19. 11. Hospital Managers
  20. 12. Cross-border arrangements
  21. 13. The Mental Health Act Code of Practice and the Reference Guide
  22. 14. The Care Quality Commission
  23. 15. Consent and Capacity
  24. 16. The Mental Capacity Act 2005: Principles
  25. 17. Mental Capacity Act 2005: Provisions
  26. 18. Assessment of Capacity
  27. 19. Safeguards under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  28. 20. The Mental Capacity Act Codes of Practice
  29. 21. Human Rights Act 1998 in mental health legislation in the UK
  30. 22. Mental Health, medication and the law
  31. 23. Research ethics
  32. 24. Child mental health law
  33. 25. CRace, culture and mental health
  34. 26. Suicidal patients
  35. 27. Assessment of risk of violence
  36. 28. International comparison of mental health
  37. Appendices
  38. Index

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