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Mental Health Law in England and Wales: A Guide for Approved Mental Health Professionals 2nd ed


ISBN13: 9780857257215
New Edition ISBN: 9781526494986
Previous Edition ISBN: 9781844451951
Published: January 2012
Publisher: Learning Matters
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: Out of print



This revised second edition is a complete guide to the Mental Health Act 1983, as amended by the 2007 Act, and is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work for any mental health professional - from social workers and occupational therapists, to GPs and nurses. It will also be of value to patients and their elatives and carers. Featuring clear guidance on how mental health law operates in practice, this book also describes in close detail how people can be admitted to psychiatric hospital or treated within the community. This revised second edition contains important updates including the Mental Health Tribunal Practice Directions and the recent introduction of the Care Quality Commission and the Health Inspectorate (Wales).

The 2007 amendment to the Mental Health Act provides a legal basis for informal admission, compulsory admission (sometimes referred to as 'sectioning'), as well as guardianship and the new Community Treatment Order, and this too is covered and explained. Also dealt with are the provisions for mentally disordered offenders who may come into mental health services via the courts or by being transferred from prison.

Subjects:
Mental Health Law
Contents:
Background to the Mental Health Act 2007 Who operates the Act? The Codes of Practice and the Reference Guide Mental Disorder and the Availability of Appropriate Medical Treatment Civil Admission and Compulsion in Hospital Civil Compulsion in the Community Mentally Disordered Offenders Medical Treatment under the Mental Health Act The Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Tribunals Hospital Managers The Nearest Relative The Care Quality Commission (England) and the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales Independent Mental Health Advocates Human Rights Act implications Children and Young Persons Appendix 1: Mental Health Act 1983 as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007 Appendix 2A: The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 Appendix 2B: Practice Direction First-tier Tribunal Appendix 2C: The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008 Appendix 3: The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (SI 2005/2078) Appendix 5: The Human Rights Act 1998 Appendix 6: Case Law Appendix 7: Conversion Chart for Forms used in Wales and England Appendix 8: Tranfer of Patients within and from the British Islands Appendix 9: Approved Clinician Competences