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Decisions, decisions
- Author:
- WILLIAMSON Toby
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, October 2007, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Mental Capacity Act comes into full effect on 1 October 2007. This article aims to provide answers to some of the most frequent voiced questions and misapprehensions from mental health service users, carers, and practitioners about what the Act will mean to them.
Talking it out
- Authors:
- BECK Ros, MINGHELLA Edana, FORD Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.8.96, 1996, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Support for carers has moved up the political agenda in the light of the Carers Act. Describes how a project in south Wales is supporting people caring for relatives with a mental illness.
Older people and mental health nursing: a handbook of care
- Editors:
- NENO Rebecca, AVEYARD Barry, HEATH Hazel, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Older People and Mental Health Nursing provides an evidence-based guide to caring for the growing number of older people with mental health issues. It focuses on the knowledge and key skills which practitioners require to work effectively with older people who have, or are at risk of developing, mental health needs. Divided into five sections, Older People and Mental Health Nursing first explores the background, historical perspectives and influences on mental health care in later life. It then looks at the ethical and legal issues involved, therapeutic relationships, and the values underpinning support and care. Part three focuses on aspects which have traditionally been neglected in mental health care, including culture, religion and sexuality. Part four details specific mental health issues for older people, including delirium, depression, and dementia. The final section explores future trends in older people’s mental health and offers ideas on how nursing is developing, and could develop, to address these.
Guide to mental health for families and carers of people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- HOLT Geraldine, et al
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 240p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide outlines a range of signs and symptoms of mental health problems that can affect people with intellectual disabilities. The guide explains why mental health problems develop, and advises on what can be done to help people with intellectual disabilities and carers themselves. With chapters on specific disabilities such as autism and epilepsy, the authors cover topics such as: treatment and interventions for mental health problems; getting the best services and understanding policy around mental health and intellectual disabilities; legal issues, for example, what it means to ‘give consent’ ; and carers’ needs and support for carers.
Gatekeepers, proxies, advocates?: the evolving role of carers under mental health and mental incapacity law reforms
- Author:
- KEYWOOD Kirsty
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 25(4), December 2003, pp.355-368.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores the potential impact of the mental health and mental incapacity law reforms on carers. The reform proposals anticipate a number of overlapping and at times conflicting roles for carers (including those of gatekeeper, decision-making proxy and advocate), which is suggestive of an ongoing ambivalence toward the caring role at the level of ethics, policy and strategic planning.
Joint charter on mental capacity and decision making
- Authors:
- THE LAW SOCIETY, BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, MAKING DECISIONS ALLIANCE
- Publisher:
- Law Society/Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Law Society, The Making Decisions Alliance and the British Medical Association all believe that the law does not provide proper protection to people who do not have the capacity to make their own decisions due to illness, injury, or disability. This charter calls new legislation on mental capacity.
Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Children in Scotland
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 22p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Reports on a seminar investigating the Millan Committee review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, as this affects children. Recommendationsmade included overarching principles regarding the rights of children, the question of harmonised legislation, the establishment of a code of practice to ensure new legislation is fully implemented, compulsory powers and independent representation. Contents include: rights of users, relatives and carers, consent to treatment, ensuring good practice, special groups, education and schools.
Research into the Mental Health Act: a qualitative study of the views of those using or affected by it
- Authors:
- MARRIOTT Sarah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 10(1), February 2001, pp.33-39.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The study investigates opinions about the strengths and weaknesses of Parts II and X of the Mental Health Act (1983) and those affected by it. The study covers those directly and commonly involved with the Act (mental health nurses; approved social workers; general psychiatrists; MHA administrators; service users; their carers); those less directly affected (hospital managers; lawyers; general practitioners; policy makers; police surgeons and liaison officers; specialist psychiatrists); and organisations representing Groups 1 and 2. A range of qualitative research methods were used to gather data. The findings provide a valuable insight into views about how existing legislation is applied in practice. They suggest that a review of criteria and procedures for commitment is needed. More effective implementation of legislative policies and the reconfiguration of resources to support them are also needed.
Mental health assessments
- Author:
- HOWE Gwen
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 152p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on the problems that can arise at times of crises when people with mental health problems are too ill to understand that they need help and become totally dependent on the system to protect them. Uses case studies drawn from real life, selected by suffers and carers, who have gone on to analyse them and discuss where things can go wrong. Includes chapters on: an introduction to mental health assessments; slipping out of the system; a 'least restrictive' practice; the role of medication in acute psychosis; slipping into the wrong system; carers and a need for caring; and reluctance to use the law.
A radical proposal
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.2.98, 1998, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A new long awaited Green Paper has reopened the discussion on how best to protect the interests of mentally incapacitated adults. Reviews the proposals which could fundamentally increase their civil rights.