Children with Mental Disorder and the Law

A Guide to Law and Practice

Anthony Harbour

Paperback: £25.00 / $49.95

2008, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 248pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-576-3, BIC 2: MBPK JKSN LNTM1

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Preface. Part One: The Law. 1. Human Rights. 2. The Children Act. 3. Secure Accommodation. 4. The Mental Health Act - Professionals, Relatives, Safeguards and Mental Disorder. 5. The Mental Health Act - Assessment, Detention, Treatment, Discharge and Other Orders. 6. Criminal Justice. 7. The Mental Capacity Act 2005. 8. Service Provision and Entitlement. Part Two: Practice Issues. 9. The Role and Function of the ASW. Wendy Whitaker, Approved Social Worker and Senior Practitioner, Gerald Russell Eating Disorders Unit, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, UK. 10. The Diagnosis and Management of Complex Mental Illness. Dr Mary Mitchell, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Leigh House Adolescent Hospital, Winchester, UK. Part Three: Problem Areas. 11. Confidentiality. 12. Young People, Consent, Refusal and Psychiatric Treatrment. Appendix 1: Further Reading. Appendix 2: Extracts from LAC (99)29. Appendix 3: MCA Code of Practice Chapter. Appendix 4. MHA Code of Practice Chapter. References. Index.

Author information

• Anthony Harbour

Subject areas

• Disability
• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes
• Health, Social Work and Social Care
• Psychiatry and Psychology

Keywords

• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• child protection,
• child psychology,
• children,
• disability,
• health care,
• mental health,
• offenders,
• social work,
• social work law

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