Clinician's Brief Guide to Children's Mental Health Law

By (author) Sarah Huline-Dickens

ISBN13: 9781909726710

Imprint: RCPsych Publications

Publisher: RCPsych Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 06/10/2016

Availability: In stock

Description
A practical guide for clinicians working with children and young people under the age of eighteen that focuses on essential elements of children's mental health law, a complex area that is often poorly understood.
Preface Lord Justice Munby; 1. Introducing child mental health and the law; 2. The rights of the child; 3. The Children Act; 4. Consent; 5. Confidentiality; 6. The Mental Health Act; 7. The Mental Capacity Act; 8. Juvenile justice; Index.
  • Psychiatry
  • Age groups: children
  • Mental health law
  • Child/Adolescent and Family Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Law
  • Professional & Vocational
Height:235
Width:155
Spine:8
Weight:260.00
List Price: £14.99