Mental health law and practice
Subtitle: civil and criminal aspects
By: Darius Whelan.
Publisher: Round Hall/Thomson Reuters
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9781858005102
Subjects: Mental health laws -- Ireland; Insanity (Law) -- Ireland
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles of mental health law; title: Remedies and institutions; title: Legal criteria for involuntary civil admission; title: Admission under the Mental Health Act 2001; title: Voluntary patients; title: Renewal orders; title: Mental health tribunals; title: Mental health tribunal hearings; title: Scope of mental health tribunal reviews; title: Treatment for a mental disorder; title: Common law duties : negligence and confidentiality; title: Requirements concerning institutional care; title: Mental capacity; title: Mental health and other aspects of civil law; title: The insanity defence; title: Diminished responsibility and infanticide; title: Fitness for trial; title: Reviews by the mental health (criminal law) review board; title: Mental health and other aspects of criminal law.