Mental Health Law 2E A Practical Guide

Basant Puri, Robert Brown, Heather McKee, Ian Treasaden

Praise for the First Edition"At last, a straightforward, easy-to-read, concise practical guide to mental health law is available. This book will be welcomed by many clinicians as it clearly sets out most of the nuances of the Mental Health Act that during a busy day we can all struggle with."—Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

• 1. History of mental health legislation 2. Definitions used in mental health legislation 3. Professional roles 4. Safeguards for patients under the Mental Health Act 5. Compulsory Admission to Hospital: (Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Mental Health Act) 6. Consent to Treatment Provisions under the Mental Health Act 7. Community Treatment Orders, Leave of Absence and After-care 8. Guardianship (Sections 7 or 37 of the Mental Health Act) 9. Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence 10. Mental Health Tribunals 11. Hospital Managers 12. Cross-border arrangements 13. The Mental Health Act Code of Practice and the Reference Guide 14. The Care Quality Commission 15. Consent and Capacity 16. The Mental Capacity Act 2005: Principles 17. Mental Capacity Act 2005: Provisions 18. Assessment of Capacity 19. Safeguards under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 20. The Mental Capacity Act Codes of Practice 21. Human Rights Act 1998 in mental health legislation in the UK 22. Mental health, medication and the law 23. Research ethics 24. Child mental health law 25. Race, culture and mental health 26. Suicidal patients 27. Assessment of risk of violence 28. International comparison of mental health legislation