Mental disorder and legal control
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Mental disorder and legal control
Cambridge University Press, 1986
Available at 15 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
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  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 199-203
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The 1983 Mental Health Act in England and Wales introduced far-reaching changes in the control of mentally disordered people and this series of essays describes various features of that Act. The book is divided into three main sections, which discuss the admission of mentally ill patients, their control in hospital and community and their rights. The concluding essay points out that the act is a piece of reforming legislation and not a radical one, but it is also innovative. Although the discussion is based on the provisions of the 1983 Mental Health Act in England and Wales, the topics covered are of international importance and the interest in the book will be correspondingly wide.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Mental Health legislation
- Part I. The admission of patients to mental hospitals: 2. Social workers and applications
- 3. Medical recommendations and compulsory admissions
- 4. Detention of the mentally disordered in the community
- Part II. Control of patients in the hospital and community: 5. Guardianship and control in the community
- 6. The mentally disordered offender and professional dominance
- 7. The discharge of patients from institutions
- Part III. Patients' rights: 8. Consent and treatment
- 9. Mental patients' rights and legal redress
- 10. The effectiveness of legal rights
- Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Assessment and conclusion
- Notes
- Index.
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