Purpose of the Mental Health Act and Introduction to key conceptsCivil sections: admission, transfer and community treatment Mentally disordered offendersConsent to treatment: Parts 4 and 4A of the Mental Health Act 1983The Mental Health TribunalParts 6-10 Mental Health Act 1983The Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty SafeguardsChildren and young peopleRegulation, ethics and the patient’s perspective FundingEvidence gathering and preparationThe process before the hearingThe hearingAppealsOverview of mental illness and mental disordersTop ten casesAppendices: Tribunal Procedure Rules, practice directions, guidance, forms, standard letters and section papers checklists.
