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

A practical guide to children's mental health law for clinicians working with children and young people under the age of eighteen.

Sarah Huline-Dickens (Author)

9781909726710, Royal College of Psychiatrists

Paperback / softback, published 6 October 2016

144 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 0.8 cm, 0.26 kg

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.

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH], Paediatric medicine [MJW], Mental health law [LNTM1]