Mental Health Law: a practical guide

History of mental health legislation Definitions used in mental health legislation Professional roles Safeguards for patients Compulsory admission to hospital Consent to treatment provisions under the Mental Health Act Community treatment orders, leave of absence and after-care Guardianship Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence Mental Health Review Tribunals (First tier tribunals) Roles, responsibilities and powers of hospital managers Cross-border arrangements The Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983 as revised in 2008 Care Quality Commission Principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Consent and capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Mental Capacity Act 2005: provisions The Mental Capacity Act 2005: safeguards to protect vulnerable people The Mental Capacity Act 2005: Code of Practice The Human Rights Act 1998 Mental health medication and the law Research ethics Children's mental health law Race, culture and mental health Suicidal patients Assessment of risk of violence International comparison of mental health legislation