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Barcham, Claire. The Pocketbook Guide to Mental Health Act Assessments. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2016.

The Pocketbook Guide to Mental Health Act Assessments

Authors: Claire Barcham

Published:  April 2016 Pages: 208

eISBN: 9780335262519 | ISBN: 9780335262502
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  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • How to use this book
  • 1 The legal landscape
  • 2 Setting up Mental Health Act assessments
  • 3 Managing Mental Health Act assessments and making decisions
  • 4 Implementing decisions and admission to hospital
  • 5 Working with compulsion in the community
  • Appendix 1 Local contacts for specialist groups of patients
  • Appendix 2 Admission to hospital: hospital managers’ section papers checklist
  • Appendix 3 The AMHP outline report: specimen example
  • Appendix 4 The rights of the nearest relative
  • Appendix 5 Brief guide to assessing children and young people
  • Appendix 6 Brief guide to assessing rough sleepers
  • Glossary
  • References and useful resources
  • Index