Mental health : law and practice / Philip Fennell.
Material type: TextSeries: New law seriesPublication details: Bristol : Jordans, ©2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xlviii, 625 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- 9781846612404
- 1846612403
- Great Britain. Mental Health Act 2007
- Great Britain Mental Health Act 1983
- Great Britain Mental Health Act 2007
- Mental Health Act 2007 (Great Britain)
- Mental health laws -- England
- Mentally Ill Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence
- Mentally Disabled Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence
- Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence
- Mental health laws
- Great Britain
- England
- 344.41 FEN 22
- KD3412 .F455 2011
- 2011 G-700
- WM 33 FA1
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 344.41 FEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 224793 |
Revised edition of: Mental health the new law. c2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Background -- Ch. 2. Overview of the Mental Health Act 2007 -- Ch. 3. 'Mental Disorder' and the Availability of Appropriate Treatment -- Ch. 4. Statutory Powers and Responsibilities: the Powers and Duties of Mental Health Staff -- Ch. 5. Relatives, Independant Mental Health Advocates, and Hospital Managers -- Ch. 6. Powers of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Ch. 7. Detention of Mentally Disordered Offenders -- Ch. 8. Compulsory Powers in the Community -- Ch. 9. Discharge and review of the lawfulness of detention by Mental Health Review Tribunals and the courts -- Ch. 10. Consent to Treatment for Mental Disorder -- Ch. 11. Children -- Ch. 12. Criminal Offences and Transfer of Patients Between Jurisdictions -- App. Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) (as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007)
'Mental Health' provides a comprehensive, authoritative and practical guide to the operation of mental health law in the UK.