Mental Health Law
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Mental Health Law: Abolish or Reform?
By Kay WilsonIn the United States, Peter Miller identifies four different types of critiques of psychiatry. The 'theoretical critique' of the anti- psychiatry movement challenged the conceptualization of mental illness as an 'illness' and pointed ...
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Mental Health Law: Abolish or Reform?
By Kay WilsonWhat is problematic from the Fitzpatrick case is that when the requirement that a person has a disturbance in the functioning of the mind or brain was missing, it seems to increase the chances that decisions regarding a person's loss of ...
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Mental Health Law: Major Issues
By David B. WexlerFurther, as stated by Dr. Levinson and in essence by Dr. Menninger, ... a reduction of any privileges which [the petitioners] may have had in such units on admission to the START Program was necessary to provide a basis from which ...
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Mental Health Law: Policy and Practice
By Peter Bartlett, Ralph SandlandIn the eighteenth century, in law if not in practice, cases such as R v Clarke (1762) 3 Burr 1362 and R v Coate (1772) Lofft 73 would suggest that legal authority had to be sought to house a lunatic in a psychiatric facility.
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Mental Health Law: a practical guide
By Ian Treasaden, Rob Brown, Basant PuriAll this information, and more, is provided in Mental Health Law: a practical guide. Multi-disciplinary in approach, this book provides all you need to kno
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Mental Health Law: Policy and Practice
By Peter Bartlett, Ralph SandlandThis text examines the legal structure and functionings of the UK's mental health system. Explanations of the legal principles are placed in the context of their practical application, along with...
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Mental Health Law: Abolish Or Reform?
By Kay WilsonBy digging deeper into the conceptual basis of the CRPD and developing the 'interpretive compass' based on those three core CRPD concepts, the book aims to flesh out a broader vision of disability rights and move the debate forward by ...
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Mental Health Law: Policy and Practice
By Peter Bartlett, Ralph SandlandBissett-Johnson, A. and Main, S. (2002) 'The Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 and Robertson v Fife Council', Scottish Law Times 34: 279–84. Black Mental Health UK (2013) Written Evidence Submitted by Black MentalHealth UK ...
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Mental Health Law: Policy and Practice
By Peter Bartlett, Ralph SandlandExamining the legal structure of the mental health system, this book explains the legal principles. It places them in the context of their practical application, the realities of patient life, and the complexities of organising care.