Mental health : the new law /

"Mental Health: The New Law provides a guide to the changes introduced in the Mental Health Act 2007 and their implications for service users, carers, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, other mental health professionals, hospital managers, members of Mental Health Review Trib...

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Main Author: Fennell, Phil.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Jordans, c2007.
Series:New law series
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245 1 0 |a Mental health :  |b the new law /  |c Philip Fennell. 
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300 |a xxxvi, 646 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
490 0 |a New law series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |g Ch. 1.  |t Background --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Overview of the Mental Health Act 2007 --  |g Ch. 3.  |t 'Mental Disorder' and the Availability of Appropriate Treatment --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Statutory Powers and Responsibilities: the Powers and Duties of Mental Health Staff --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Relatives, Independant Mental Health Advocates, and Hospital Managers --  |g Ch. 6.  |t Powers of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 --  |g Ch. 7.  |t Detention of Mentally Disordered Offenders --  |g Ch. 8.  |t Compulsory Powers in the Community --  |g Ch. 9.  |t Discharge and review of the lawfulness of detention by Mental Health Review Tribunals and the courts --  |g Ch. 10.  |t Consent to Treatment for Mental Disorder --  |g Ch. 11.  |t Children --  |g Ch. 12.  |t Criminal Offences and Transfer of Patients Between Jurisdictions --  |g App. 1.  |t Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) (as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007) --  |g App. 2.  |t Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (2004 c 28) (as Amended by the Mental Health Act 2007) --  |g App. 3.  |t Mental Health Act 2007 (2007 c 12) (Remaining Provisions). 
520 1 |a "Mental Health: The New Law provides a guide to the changes introduced in the Mental Health Act 2007 and their implications for service users, carers, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, other mental health professionals, hospital managers, members of Mental Health Review Tribunals, and Independent Mental Health Advocates. The effects of the 2007 Act are placed in the context of the European Convention on Human Rights, and other human rights instruments. The interface between the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended) and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 is clearly and comprehensively explained."--BOOK JACKET. 
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650 0 |a Mental health laws  |z Great Britain. 
650 0 |a Mentally ill  |x Commitment and detention  |z Great Britain. 
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