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

by Sarah Huline-Dickens

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909726710
Publisher:	RCPsych Publications
Publication date:	10/06/2016
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Dr Sarah Huline-Dickens is Lead Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with Livewell Southwest, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry and recently appointed Associate Dean, Health Education South West. Dr Huline-Dickens is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Table of Contents

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.