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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782487203321

Autore

Harbour Anthony

Titolo

Children with mental disorder and the law [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to law and practice / / Anthony Harbour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

ISBN

1-281-78227-0

9786611782276

1-84642-800-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

618.92/89

Soggetti

Mentally ill children - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain

Mental health laws - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Children with Mental Disorder and the Law: A Guide to Law and Practice; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; Part 1 The Law; 1. Human Rights; 2. The Children Act; 3. Secure Accommodation; 4. The Mental Health Act – Professionals, Relatives, Safeguards and Mental Disorder; 5. The Mental Health Act – Assessment, Detention; 6. Criminal Justice; 7. The Mental Capacity Act 2005; 8. Service Provision and Entitlement; Part 2 Practice Issues; 9. The Role and Function of the Approved Social Worker/Approved Mental Health Professional

10. The Diagnosis and Management of Complex Mental Illness in Young PeoplePart 3 Problem Areas; 11. Confidentiality; 12. Young People, Consent, Refusal and Psychiatric Treatment; APPENDIX 1: FURTHER READING; APPENDIX 2: EXTRACT FROM LOCAL AUTHORITY CIRCULAR (99)29; APPENDIX 3: THE 2007 MENTAL HEALTH ACT DRAFT REVISED CODE OF PRACTICE: CHAPTER 39 – CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18; APPENDIX 4: THE 2005 MENTAL CAPACITY CODE OF PRACTICE: CHAPTER 12

Sommario/riassunto

Children and young people with complex mental health needs are increasingly being cared for within specialist mental health care settings, either in the community or in in-patient facilities. With rapid



social developments, it can be difficult for carers and practitioners to keep track of the law in this area. This book provides a guide to the law relating to mental health care for children and young people, their rights and entitlement to service, and discusses important issues in clinical and social care practice such as parental responsibility, Gillick competency and capacity, emergency int