Children with mental disorder and the law a guide to law and practice /

• Main Author: Harbour, Anthony.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.
• Subjects: Mentally ill children > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain.; Mental health laws > Great Britain.; MEDICAL > Child & Adolescent. > Psychiatry; Mental health laws.; Mentally ill children > Legal status, laws, etc.; Electronic books.; Mentally Ill Persons > legislation & jurisprudence > Great Britain.; Adolescent > Great Britain.; Child > Great Britain.; Child Welfare > legislation & jurisprudence > Great Britain.; Disabled Children > legislation & jurisprudence > Great Britain.; Mental Competency > legislation & jurisprudence > Great Britain.; Mental Health Services > legislation & jurisprudence > Great Britain.; Patient Rights > legislation & jurisprudence > Great Britain.; Great Britain.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• Human rights
• The Children Act
• Secure accommodation
• The Mental Health Act : professionals, relatives, safeguards and mental disorder
• The Mental Health Act : assessment, detention, treatment, discharge and other orders
• Criminal justice
• The Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Service provision and entitlement
• The role and function of the approved social worker/approved mental health professional
• The diagnosis and management of complex mental illness in young people
• Confidentiality
• Young people, consent, refusal and psychiatric treatment.