A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Health Act

Tony Zigmond is a retired consultant general adult psychiatrist at Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, UK. He has been Vice-President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and its Lead on Mental Health Law. He has many years' experience in using the mental health legislation and in the running of Mental Health law courses. He was a Mental Health Commissioner for a number of years, and he has given evidence to the Scrutiny Committees on the draft Mental Incapacity Bill and the draft Mental Health Bill. Nick Brindle is a retired consultant old age psychiatrist at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK. He runs the Section 12 and Approved Clinician training courses. He is the lead author of A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Capacity Act, 2nd Edition (RCPsych/Cambridge University Press, 2015).

Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the Fifth Edition; List of Abbreviations; 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. Community Treatment Orders; 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; 12. Reform of the Mental Health Act; Appendix 1: Guidelines and Forms for Wales; Appendix 2: Guidelines and Forms for England; References; Index.