Basant Puri, Robert Brown, Heather McKee, Ian Treasaden

Mental Health Law 2e a Practical Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 vignettes and wealth of down to earth 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 193mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781444117141
• ISBN-10: 1444117149
• Artikelnr.: 33297432

Autorenporträt

Basant Puri, Robert Brown, Heather McKee, Ian Treasaden

Inhaltsangabe

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