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020			_a1912273209 _qpaperback
020			_a9781912273201 _qpaperback
020			_z9781912273218 _qebook
060			_aWM 32.
100	1		_aParker, Camilla
245	1	0	_aAdolescent mental health care and the law
246			_aAdolescent mental healthcare and the law
264		1	_aLondon : _bLAG Education and Service Trust, _c2020.
300			_alx, 542 p. ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe law relating to the mental health care of children and young people aged under 18 ( adolescents ) is renowned for its complexity. This is unsurprising given that in relation to admission to hospital and treatment for mental disorder, it raises issues of uncertainty such as the limits of the decision-making powers as between parents and their children and the developing law on deprivation of liberty. More widely, the provision of mental health services for this age group involves a range of differing agencies and engages a raft of legislation, case-law, regulations, codes of practice and policy guidance across the differing fields of law: mental health, mental capacity, community care, family and children s rights. This book seeks to demystify this area of law. It covers: an overview of the services forming the system known as CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health services), including the responsibilities of local authorities for the provision of care to children in need , looked after children and under 18s with special educational needs; decision-making by adolescents and those with parental responsibility, including the legal tests for capacity and competence and the determination of a deprivation of liberty; the application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to under 18s, including an overview of the forthcoming Liberty Protection Safeguards ; the rules for identifying parental responsibility and the nearest relative ; admission to hospital and treatment for mental disorder, both informal and detention under the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983, including consideration of the age appropriate environment duty and the on-going responsibilities of local authorities for under 18s receiving in-patient psychiatric care; discharge from hospital, focusing on the role of the Tribunal and specific issues for adolescents; after-care planning: how the various legal frameworks for the provision of health and social care apply to adolescents leaving hospital; and community powers: including community treatment orders (CTOs) and police powers. In drawing together the differing legal frameworks that might apply to adolescents with mental health needs, this book seeks to bridge a gap in the information currently available. To date, resources concerned with mental health and/or mental capacity law, tend to focus on adults while those concerned with children s services rarely consider the specific issues for adolescents with mental health needs, or how legal frameworks, such as provisions for looked after children, interact with the MHA 1983. In addition to providing a resource for legal advisers such as those providing legal representation before the mental health tribunal, this book is also designed to be accessible to non-lawyers including professionals working in children s services and mental health services (adult as well as children and young people s services).
610	1	0	_aGreat Britain.
610	1	0	_aGreat Britain
630	0	7	_0(OCoLC)fst01402654
630	0	7	_0(OCoLC)fst01368656
650		0	_aChild mental health services
650		0	_aLegislation
650		0	_aMental capacity
650		0	_aAdolescent psychiatry _95139
651		7	_aEngland. _0(OCoLC)fst01219920
651		7	_aGreat Britain. _0(OCoLC)fst01204623
651		7	_aWales. _0(OCoLC)fst01207649
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