Mental Health Law: A Practical Guide

Completely updated to reflect current changes in the law and in practice, this practical guide is a concise and approachable handbook to mental health law for students and professionals working in psychiatric settings.

Features include:

• Easy to read, practical and illustrated with case vignettes and wealth of down to earth advice to guide you through many complex legal issues
• Multidisciplinary approach written by specialist authors and key opinion leaders who understand the practical issues you face
• Fully updated and expanded to include the Mental Health Act 2007 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 so that you are totally up to date
• Provides clear guidance, practical pointers and all you need to know about mental health law implementation

This authoritative guide will serve as a comprehensive introduction and long-term resource manual for trainee and qualified psychiatrists as well as nurses, social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists working in mental health.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

CRC Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Puri, Basant; Brown, Robert; McKee, Heather; Treasdan, Ian

ISBN:

978-1-44-411714-1

Specialty:

• Political Science & Law
• Psychiatry

Language:

English

Edition:

2nd

Pages:

293

Publication Year:

2011