Mental Health Law

Providing practical guidance for busy professionals who have to deal with the complex relationship between law and mental health, this text aims to bridge the gap between the two. It includes general information on psychiatric disorder, mental-health services, and the legislative framework of mental-health law, before dealing with the practice and procedure of handling a case. The book's coverage incorporates the Mental Health Act 1983, criminal and civil proceedings, expert witnesses, mental-health issues in child and family law, legal aid, financial provision for the client, mental-health review tribunals, and inquests. Examples are used to illustrate practice and procedure, and key statutory provisions are reproduced. There is also a detailed guide to dealing with a claimant with a brain injury.