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Crimes of passion
- Author:
- McKAY Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 10.5.91, 1991, p.11.
Discusses the legislation governing the rights of people with learning difficulties to have sexual relationships.
Living away from home: the legal impact on young people with severe learning difficulties
- Author:
- LYON Christina M.
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 350p.,
- Place of publication:
- Keele
Detailed research study on variations in legal status of young people with severe learning difficulties in residential and foster care, with close analysis of the relevant legislation.
Sexual abuse and learning difficulties : another iceberg
- Author:
- McCORMACK Brendan
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 20.7.91, 1991, pp.143-144.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Reviews prevalence of abuse estimates, and outlines problems of disclosure, effects on personality and legal issues.
Social work and mental disorder: a practical guide for social workers
- Author:
- BEECH David
- Publisher:
- Pepar
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 112p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Includes descriptions of mental disorder, models of mental illness, guidance for the social worker in working with disordered clients, social work with schizophrenic clients, psychopathy, mental handicap or mental impairment, the legal context, the role of the courts and local authorities, admissions to hospital, consent to treatment, the roles and functions of the approved social worker, the rights of the patient and the nearest relative, mental health review tribunals, the Mental Health Act Commission, and medication.