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Mental health law in New Zealand / Sylvia Bell, Warren Brookbanks.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington : Thomson Reuters, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xi, 474 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781988504094
  • 1988504090
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.93044 23
LOC classification:
  • KUQ1502 .B48 2017
Contents:
1. Alternative options to conventional psychiatry, including recovery and post-psychiatry -- 2. Defining mental disorder -- Mental impairment in the criminal justice system -- 4. Young people -- 5. The committal process -- 6. Community care -- 7. Treatment -- 8. The right to refuse mental health treatment, and informed consent -- 9. The review process and habeas corpus -- 10. Discharge -- 11. Role of the police -- 12. Mental health advocacy -- 13. The United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities -- 14. Patients' rights and available complaints mechanism -- 15. Privacy and confidentiality -- 16. The protection of personal and property rights act 1988.
Summary: This is a unique analysis of the interaction between the mental health system and the law in New Zealand. It provides extensive commentary and discussion on mental health law and practice and provides clear practical guidance on and understanding of complex clinical realities that arise in this area of legal and medical practice. Since the second edition was published in 2005 there have been major legislative, common law and societal developments that impact mental health law. The book has been restructured and has new content on social media and young people; the committal process and mental health advocacy.
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Previous edition: 2005.

Includes index.

1. Alternative options to conventional psychiatry, including recovery and post-psychiatry -- 2. Defining mental disorder -- Mental impairment in the criminal justice system -- 4. Young people -- 5. The committal process -- 6. Community care -- 7. Treatment -- 8. The right to refuse mental health treatment, and informed consent -- 9. The review process and habeas corpus -- 10. Discharge -- 11. Role of the police -- 12. Mental health advocacy -- 13. The United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities -- 14. Patients' rights and available complaints mechanism -- 15. Privacy and confidentiality -- 16. The protection of personal and property rights act 1988.

This is a unique analysis of the interaction between the mental health system and the law in New Zealand. It provides extensive commentary and discussion on mental health law and practice and provides clear practical guidance on and understanding of complex clinical realities that arise in this area of legal and medical practice. Since the second edition was published in 2005 there have been major legislative, common law and societal developments that impact mental health law. The book has been restructured and has new content on social media and young people; the committal process and mental health advocacy.

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