Children with mental disorder and the law
Subtitle: a guide to law and practice
By: Anthony Harbour.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers; Jessica Kingsley Pub
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781843105763
Subjects: Mentally ill children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Grezat Britain; Mental health laws -- Grezat Britain; Mentally Ill Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain; Adolescent -- Great Britain; Child -- Great Britain; Child Welfare -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain; Disabled Children -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain; Mental Competency -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain; Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain; Patient Rights -- legislation & jurisprudence -- Great Britain
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.