Mental Health and Family Law

Edited by Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe and Marina Faggionato, Conference Rapporteur, QEB Chambers

Clinical Psychopathy, Personality Disorder and Risk of Intra-Familial Violence Professor Jane L Ireland and Dr Nicola Graham-Kevan Working with Families Where a Parent has Mental Health Problems: Risks, Opportunities and Challenges Diana Cassell The Family Drug and Alcohol Court: A New Approach to Safeguarding the Children of Parents who Abuse Drugs and Alcohol Dr Mike Shaw Assessment and Decision Making - Paralysis in the Family and Professional System in Parents with Personality Disorder Minna Daum Representation of Parents with Mental Health Issues Peggy Ekeledo, Burke Niazi, Janice Kaufman and Helen Clift Young Carers - or Children in Need of Care? Decision Making for Children of Parents with Mental Health Problems Professor Gillian Schofield and Dr Judi Walsh Culture in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Nisha Dogra Nature Nurture: Childhood Mental Health Disorders Issues Relevant to Decision Making in the Courts Dr Claire Sturge Parenting Shortcomings that Lead to Mental Health Problems for Children - Attachment Issues, Abuse And Neglect Dr Danya Glaser Therapeutic Support for Parents with Mental Disorders - Focus on Neurodevelopmental Disorders Dr Kiriakos Xenitidis, Dr James Jeffs and Dr Sally Cubbin Therapeutic Support for Children and Young People during Proceedings and in Short-Term Placements David Lucey Entrenched Parental Positions Post-Separation - Do they amount to a Mental Health Disorder and how can they be Treated? Eia Asen Supporting the Future or 'Too Little Too Late?' - A Judicial Perspective HHJ Angela Nield Reclaiming Social Work - Keeping Families Together Isabelle Trowler and Steve Goodman A Partnership Approach to the Delivery of CAMHS and Children's Social Care Services Karin Courtman