Children with mental disorder and the law
Subtitle: a guide to law and practice
By: Anthony Harbour
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843105763
Subjects: Child Welfare; Mental health laws; Adolescent; Legislation & jurisprudence; Disabled Children; Mentally Ill Persons; Mental Health Services; Patient Rights; Mentally ill children; Child; Mental Competency; Legal status, laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Human rights; title: The Children Act; title: Secure accommodation; title: The Mental Health Act : professionals, relatives, safeguards, and mental disorder; title: The Mental Health Act : assessment, detention, treatment, discharge, and other orders; title: Criminal justice; title: The Mental Capacity Act 2005; title: Service provision and entitlement; title: The role and function of the ASW; title: Diagnosis and management of complex mental illness; title: Confidentiality; title: Young people, consent, refusal, and psychiatric treatment.