Children and young people with complex mental health needs are increasingly being cared for within specialist mental health care settings, either in the community or in in-patient facilities. With rapid social developments, it can be difficult for carers and practitioners to keep track of the law in this area.This book provides a guide to the law relating to mental health care for children and young people, their rights and entitlement to service, and discusses important issues in clinical and social care practice such as parental responsibility, Gillick competency and capacity, emergency intervention and detention, assessment of mental illness and confidentiality in practice. A chapter written by Mary Mitchell considers the diagnosis and management of complex mental illness in young people, and a concluding chapter discusses changes in the law.Jargon-free and accessibly written, this is an invaluable guide for professionals working in child and adolescent health and social care, social workers, youth workers, social welfare policy makers, medical professionals, teachers, educational professionals and students, as well as advocates for children and young people.

Harbour, Anthony

London ; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Kingsley, Jessica Publishers

publisher not identified

Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central, London, 2008

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, Philadelphia, England, 2008

Includes bibliographical references.

<p>Anthony Harbour provides an accessible and jargon-free guide to the law as it relates to children and young people with complex mental health difficulties. The legal framework governing the admission to hospital and treatment is complex: mental health professionals and social workers need to ensure that their practice is lawful and conforms to good practice.</p>
<p>The author analyses the Mental Health Act 1983 and takes into account the amendments made by the Mental Health Act 2007 as well as examining the impact of legislation such as the Children Act and the Mental Capacity Act. He discusses parental responsibility, emergency intervention and detention, assessment of mental illness, confidentiality and service entitlement. Contributions by an approved social worker and a child psychiatrist demonstrate these issues in practice.</p>
<p>This is an invaluable guide for professionals working in child and adolescent health and social care, social workers, youth workers, social welfare policy makers, medical professionals, teachers, educational professionals and students, as well as advocates for children and young people.<br>
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<p><b>About the Author:</b><br>
Anthony Harbour is a solicitor in a London practice where he specialises in health and social service law. He is the lead trainer for the Section 12 training for child and adolescent psychiatrists organised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, and is currently involved in providing training to health and social service professionals on the Mental Capacity Act, the Mental Health Act and various aspects of the law relating to children. He regularly publishes articles and papers on these subjects</p>

Children and young people with complex mental health needs are increasingly being cared for within specialist mental health care settings, either in the community or in in-patient facilities. With rapid social developments, it can be difficult for carers and practitioners to keep track of the law in this area. This book provides a guide to the law relating to mental health care for children and young people, their rights and entitlement to service, and discusses important issues in clinical and social care practice such as parental responsibility, Gillick competency and capacity, emergency int

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Includes bibliographical references
Human rights -- The Children Act -- Secure accommodation -- The Mental Health Act : professionals, relatives, safeguards, and mental disorder -- The Mental Health Act : assessment, detention, treatment, discharge, and other orders -- Criminal justice -- The Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Service provision and entitlement -- The role and function of the ASW -- Diagnosis and management of complex mental illness -- Confidentiality -- Young people, consent, refusal, and psychiatric treatment

This is a guide to the law relating to mental health care for children and young people, their rights and entitlement to service. It discusses important issues in clinical and social care practice, such as parental responsibility, Gillick competency and capacity and emergency intervention and detention

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