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

Sarah Huline-Dickens
RCPsych Publications, 10/6/2016
EAN 9781909726710, ISBN10: 1909726710

Paperback, 144 pages, 23.5 x 15.5 x 0.8 cm
Language: English

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.