A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Health Act

About the authors: Dr Tony Zigmond – Consultant Psychiatrist and retired Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Leeds. (He is also a former Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Lead on Mental Health Law and was a Special Advisor to the Opposition in the House of Lords.) Dr Nick Brindle – Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist, The Mount (Mental Health Centre), Leeds. He is also an established trainer in mental health law topics.

Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the fourth edition; Common abbreviations and terms; 1. Setting the scene, statutory law and the common law; 2. The Human Rights Act in clinical practice; 3. Capacity: the Mental Capacity Act and deprivation of liberty safeguards; 4. The Mental Health Act; 5. The Mental Health Act: part II (civil sections); 6. The Mental Health Act: part III (sections relating to courts and prisons); 7. Treatment orders and supervised community treatment; 8. The Mental Health Act: part IV (consent to treatment); 9. Appeals against detention/compulsion; 10. Special provisions in relation to minors; 11. How to become section 12 approved and/or an approved clinician; Appendix 1. Guidelines and forms for Wales; Appendix 2. Guidelines and forms for England; References; Index.