Mental health law : policy and practice /
Bartlett, Peter,
Mental health law : policy and practice / Peter Bartlett and Ralph Sandland. - Fourth edition. - xl, 669 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conceptualising mental health law -- An overview of the contemporary mental health system -- Community care -- The Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Deprivation of liberty under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Civil detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 -- Policing mental disorder -- Mental disorder and criminal justice -- Medical treatment -- Control in the community -- Ending compulsion under the Mental Health Act 1983 -- Legal responses and advocacy for clients. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
"Written by two of the country's leading specialists in mental health law, this book provides a detailed overview of the law and the socio-legal, historical, sociological, and cultural issues that surround it. Mental health law, at its heart, involves the forcible confinement and medication of some of society's most vulnerable people, and the authors look closely at the legal and social issues raised by this, and the human rights of those who suffer from mental illness. "--Publisher's website.
0199661502 9780199661503
2013940316
Mental health laws--Great Britain
Insanity (Law)--Great Britain
KD3412 / .B37 2014
344.41044
Mental health law : policy and practice / Peter Bartlett and Ralph Sandland. - Fourth edition. - xl, 669 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conceptualising mental health law -- An overview of the contemporary mental health system -- Community care -- The Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Deprivation of liberty under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Civil detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 -- Policing mental disorder -- Mental disorder and criminal justice -- Medical treatment -- Control in the community -- Ending compulsion under the Mental Health Act 1983 -- Legal responses and advocacy for clients. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
"Written by two of the country's leading specialists in mental health law, this book provides a detailed overview of the law and the socio-legal, historical, sociological, and cultural issues that surround it. Mental health law, at its heart, involves the forcible confinement and medication of some of society's most vulnerable people, and the authors look closely at the legal and social issues raised by this, and the human rights of those who suffer from mental illness. "--Publisher's website.
0199661502 9780199661503
2013940316
Mental health laws--Great Britain
Insanity (Law)--Great Britain
KD3412 / .B37 2014
344.41044