A Clinician's Brief Guide to Children's Mental Health Law

Dr Sarah Huline-Dickens is Lead Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with Livewell Southwest, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry and recently appointed Associate Dean, Health Education South West. Dr Huline-Dickens is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

• Preface Lord Justice Munby; 1. Introducing child mental health and the law; 2. The rights of the child; 3. The Children Act; 4. Consent; 5. Confidentiality; 6. The Mental Health Act; 7. The Mental Capacity Act; 8. Juvenile justice; Index.