Children with mental disorder and the law [electronic resource] : 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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| Language: | English |
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London Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers ,
c2008
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Human rights
- 2. The Children Act
- 3. Secure accommodation
- 4. The Mental Health Act : professionals, relatives, safeguards and mental disorder
- 5. The Mental Health Act : assessment, detention, treatment, discharge and other orders
- 6. Criminal justice
- 7. The Mental Capacity Act 2005
- 8. Service provision and entitlement
- 9. The role and function of the approved social worker/approved mental health professional
- 10. The diagnosis and management of complex mental illness in young people
- 11. Confidentiality
- 12. Young people, consent, refusal and psychiatric treatment