A clinician's brief guide to the Mental Health Act
By: Tony Zigmond
Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781908020024; 9781908020284
Subjects: Mental health laws; Patient Rights; Forensic Psychiatry; Jurisprudence; Disabled Persons; Community Health Services; Mental Health Services; Human Rights; Formal Social Control; Persons; Psychiatry; Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services; Psychiatry and Psychology; Named Groups; Behavioral Sciences; Health Care Economics and Organizations; Sociology; Delivery of Health Care; Social Sciences; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena; Informed Consent; Community Mental Health Services; Mentally Ill Persons; Commitment of Mentally Ill; LAW; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Description: This is a 'how to' book guiding clinicians through the mental health legislation that they need in their daily practice. It includes practical advice on detaining and treating patients, civil and court detentions, community treatment orders, consent to treatment and giving written and oral evidence for Mental Health Tribunals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-116) and index.
Table of contents: title: ""Cover""; ""CoverII""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Common abbreviations and terms""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Chapter 10""; ""Chapter 11""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""References""; ""Index""