Book 2020

Mental Health Law in England and Wales

Paul Barber Robert A Brown Debbie Martin

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Language: English
Published: 2020

Mental health laws
Mental Health Services
Legislation & jurisprudence
Psychiatry
Commitment of Mentally Ill
Mentally Ill Persons
Great Britain

This text explains, and includes, the complete Mental Health Act 1983 as amended by the 2007 Act. It provides clear guidance on how mental health law operates in practice and describes in detail how people can be admitted to psychiatric hospital or treated in the community.