Description
Product ID: | 9781526494993 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Mental Health in Practice Series |
Title: | Mental Health Law in England and Wales |
Subtitle: | A Guide for Mental Health Professionals |
Authors: | Author: Debbie Martin, Robert Brown, Paul Barber |
Page Count: | 576 |
Subjects: | Care of people with mental health issues, Care of the mentally ill, Social work, Mental health law, Social work, Mental health law, England, Wales |
Description: | This complete and comprehensive guide to the Mental Health Act 1983 for any mental health professional – from social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists, to doctors and nurses. The book aims to simplify mental health law so that it’s accessible to busy professionals at all stages of practice as well as those affected by mental health law.
This fourth edition includes: - Practical advice and checklists for working the Act - Information on detention of patients in hospital under The Mental Health Act - The impact of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 on periods of detention and places of safety - Additional case law detailing patient discharges and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. This complete and comprehensive guide to the Mental Health Act 1983 for any mental health professional – from social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists, to doctors and nurses. The book aims to simplify mental health law so that it’s accessible to busy professionals at all stages of practice as well as those affected by mental health law.
This fourth edition includes: - Practical advice and checklists for working the Act - Information on detention of patients in hospital under The Mental Health Act - The impact of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 on periods of detention and places of safety - Additional case law detailing patient discharges and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. |
Imprint Name: | Learning Matters Ltd |
Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-11-28 |