Basant Puri, Robert Brown, Heather McKee, Ian Treasaden.
CRC Press
2012
(304 pages)
History of mental health legislationDefinitions used in mental health legislationProfessional rolesSafeguards for patientsCompulsory admission to hospitalConsent to treatment provisions under the Mental Health ActCommunity treatment orders, leave of absence and after-careGuardianshipPatients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentenceMental Health Review Tribunals (First tier tribunals)Roles, responsibilities and powers of hospital managersCross-border arrangementsThe Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983 as revised in 2008Care Quality CommissionPrinciples of the Mental Capacity Act 2005Consent and capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005The Mental Capacity Act 2005: provisionsThe Mental Capacity Act 2005: safeguards to protect vulnerable peopleThe Mental Capacity Act 2005: Code of PracticeThe Human Rights Act 1998Mental health medication and the lawResearch ethicsChildren's mental health lawRace, culture and mental healthSuicidal patientsAssessment of risk of violenceInternational comparison of mental health legislation
Basant Puri, Robert Brown, Heather McKee, Ian Treasaden.