Mental Health Law in England and Wales - A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Informationen zum Autor Paul Barber qualified in 1976. Until December 2003 he was a partner at Bevan Ashford Solicitors (now Bevan Brittan) where for many years he led the firm's NHS Litigation Department! increasingly specialising in the field of Mental Health and Human Rights law. He is now a Consultant to the firm and a freelance trainer and lecturer. He is extensively involved in training Approved Social Workers and lecturing on Section 12 Approval courses for doctors. He also provides training for the Mental Health Act Commission and numerous NHS Trusts and Health Authorities. Klappentext 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. Written by a Solicitor! a Mental Health Act Commissioner and an Approved Social Worker with working experience of putting the law into practice! this book includes: " The full text of the main body of the Mental Health Act (as amended) ! as well as the relevant rules and regulations. " Practical advice and checklists for working with the Act. " Updated Case Law and relevant case examples to illustrate key points. Inhaltsverzeichnis Background to the Mental Health Act 2007Who Operates the Act?The Codes of Practice and the Reference GuideMental Disorder and the Availability of Appropriate Medical TreatmentCivil Admission and Compulsion in HospitalCivil Compulsion in the CommunityMentally Disordered OffendersMedical Treatment under the Mental Health ActThe Mental Capacity Act 2005The Interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity ActThe Deprivation of Liberty SafeguardsTribunalsHospital ManagersThe Nearest RelativeThe Care Quality Commission (England) and the Health-Care Inspectorate WalesIndependent Mental-Health AdvocatesHuman Rights Act ImplicationsChildren and Young PersonsAppendix 1: Mental Health Act 1983 as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007Appendix 2A: The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health! Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008Appendix 2B: Practice Direction First-tier TribunalAppendix 2C: The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales Rules 2008Appendix 3: The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (SI 2005/2078)Appendix 5: The Human Rights Act 1998Appendix 6: Case LawAppendix 7: Conversion Chart for Forms used in Wales and EnglandAppendix 8: Tranfer of Patients within and from the British IslandsAppendix 9: Approved Clinician Competences ...

Product details

• Authors: Paul Barber, Paul Brown Barber, Robert Brown, Robert A. Brown, Robert E. Brown, Debbie Martin
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2012
• EAN: 9780857257215
• ISBN: 978-0-85725-721-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Mental Health in Practice Series; Mental Health in Practice Series
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