Approved Mental Health Professional's Guide to Mental Health Law

by Brown, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781844450626
• ISBN10: 1844450627
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-14
• Publisher: Intl Specialized Book Service Inc

Summary

This invaluable second edition brings key elements of UK legislation, Code of Practice, Memorandum, Government Circulars, and relevant case law and policy together into one text. Written in an accessible style and supported by exercises, case studies, and

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction and definitions of mental disorder	1	(13)
Civil admissions, guardianship and supervised after-care	14	(33)
Relatives and carers	47	(12)
The role of the approved social worker	59	(10)
Patients concerned in criminal proceedings	69	(13)
Consent to treatment and mental capacity	82	(17)
Mental Health Review Tribunals. Hospital Managers' Reviews	99	(11)
The Mental Health Act Commission	110	(2)
Other relevant legislation	112	(17)
Notes of guidance	129	(7)
The Draft Mental Health Bill (2004)	136	(16)
Appendix 1 Checklists	152	(5)
Appendix 2 Department of Health advice on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of HL v UK (the Bournewood case)	157	(7)
Appendix 3 Mental Health Act 1983: arrangement of sections	164	(3)
References	167	(2)
Index	169