A clinician's brief guide to the Mental Health Act

By Tony Zigmond

Subjects: Health Care Economics and Organizations, Sociology, Jurisprudence, Informed Consent, Forensic Psychiatry, Community Health Services, Psychiatry, Disabled Persons, Community Mental Health Services, Human Rights, Health Services, Persons, Formal Social Control, Commitment of Mentally Ill, Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Mental health laws, LAW, Social Sciences, Mentally Ill Persons, Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena, Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services, Patient Rights, Mental Health Services, Named Groups, Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry and Psychology, Delivery of Health Care, Great Britain, Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Description: This is a 'how to' book guiding clinicians through the mental health legislation that they need in their daily practice. It includes practical advice on detaining and treating patients, civil and court detentions, community treatment orders, consent to treatment and giving written and oral evidence for Mental Health Tribunals.