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Psychiatrists, Approved Social Workers and Mental Health Nurses require a clear understanding of mental health legislation and case law in addition to clinical knowledge for their practice. All this information, and more, is provided in Mental Health Law: a practical guide.

Multi-disciplinary in approach, this book provides all you need to know about mental health law implementation in one easy-to-read, concise volume. As a comprehensive introduction, and a long-term resource manual, it will help guide you through the many complex issues you will face during training and practice.

Mental Health Law

Preface

Chapter 1 History of Mental Health legislation

Chapter 2 Definitions used in Mental Health legislation

Chapter 3 Compulsory admission to hospital

Chapter 4 Guardianship and supervised aftercare

Chapter 5 Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence

Chapter 6 Consent to treatment

Chapter 7 Mental health, medication and the law (co-written by Dr Christine Dixon)

Chapter 8 Professional liability and negligence

Chapter 9 Mental health review tribunals

Chapter 10 The role of the Mental Health Act Commission

Chapter 11 Code of practice, including its legal standing

Chapter 12 Removal and return of patients to and from England and Wales

Chapter 13 Management of property and affairs of patients

Chapter 14 Approved Social Workers

Chapter 15 The assessment of risk of violence

Chapter 16 Suicidal patients

Chapter 17 ChildrenaEURO (TM)s Mental Health Law (by Dr. Paul J. Laking)

Chapter 18 Old age

Chapter 19 People with learning disabilities (by Dr. Angela Hassiotis)

Chapter 20 Race, culture and mental health

Chapter 21 Mental capacity and international comparison of mental health legislation

Chapter 22 The Human Rights Act 1998

Appendices

(i) Legal cases

(ii) Summary of civil treatment codes

(iii) The police, the courts and mental health

(iv) Flowchart of decisions involving consent to treatment

(v) Sample forms

Index