Children with mental disorder and the law : a guide to law and practice / Anthony Harbour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harbour, Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Mentally ill children.

Mental health laws--Great Britain.

Mental health laws.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611782276

9781281782274

1281782270

9781846428005

1846428009

OCLC:

476168710