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Children with mental disorder and the law a guide to law and practice /

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...

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Main Author: Harbour, Anthony
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.
Subjects:
Mentally ill children > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain.
Mental health laws > Great Britain.
Mentally Ill Persons > legislation and 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.
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Table of Contents:
  • Human rights
  • The Children Act
  • Secure accommodation
  • The Mental Health Act : professionals, relatives, safeguards and mental disorder
  • The Mental Health Act : assessment, detention, treatment, discharge and other orders
  • Criminal justice
  • The Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • Service provision and entitlement
  • The role and function of the approved social worker/approved mental health professional
  • The diagnosis and management of complex mental illness in young people
  • Confidentiality
  • Young people, consent, refusal and psychiatric treatment.

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