Mental Health Law 2e a Practical Guide

ISBN-13: 9781444117141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str.

Basant Puri

Opis

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.

Spis treści

History of mental health legislation. Definitions used in mental health legislation. Professional roles. Safeguards for patients. Compulsory admission to hospital. Consent to treatment provisions under the Mental Health Act. Community treatment orders, leave of absence and after-care. Guardianship. Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence. Mental Health Review Tribunals (First tier tribunals). Roles, responsibilities and powers of hospital managers. Cross-border arrangements. The Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983 as revised in 2008. Care Quality Commission. Principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Consent and capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The Mental Capacity Act 2005: provisions. The Mental Capacity Act 2005: safeguards to protect vulnerable people. The Mental Capacity Act 2005: Code of Practice. The Human Rights Act 1998. Mental health medication and the law. Research ethics. Children's mental health law. Race, culture and mental health. Suicidal patients. Assessment of risk of violence. International comparison of mental health legislation.

O autorze

Basant K Puri, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Imaging and Psychiatry, Imperial College London, UK
Robert Brown, Director of Edge Training and Consultancy Ltd., Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University, UK
Heather McKee, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Royal Hospital for Neurodisability, Putney, London, UK
Ian Treasaden, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Three Bridges Medium Secure Unit, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Middlesex and Head of Forensic Neurosciences, Lipid Neuroscience Group and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, UK