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Mental incapacity: item 9 of the fourth programme of law reform Mentally Incapacitated Adults; laid before Parliament by the Lord High Chancellor pursuant to section 3(2) of the Law Commissions Act 1965
- Author:
- LAW COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 298p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report concerned with the ways in which decisions may lawfully be made on behalf of adults who are unable to make decisions for themselves. Also discusses the extent of the powers which should be available to public authorities to intervene and protect adults who are at risk of abuse or neglect. Sets the proposals arising from the report in their legal and social context, and draws attention to the increasing number of very old people in the population.
Someone to watch over me
- Author:
- BYNOE Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.11.92, 1992, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the concept of vulnerable adults and the difficulty in determining whether or not a person is legally 'capable' of making a decision or expressing a choice. Also sets out the least restrictive interventions.
Obtaining informed consent when a profession labels itself as providing treatment for mental illness
- Author:
- LITTRELL Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 1(4), 2003, pp.107-122.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This American article examines when informed consent laws mandating explanation of the risks and benefits for proposed treatments (some talk intervention) and alternative to the proposed treatments (e.g., medications) apply to the social work profession. The reasons why an explanation of alternative treatments, including explaining medications, might be part of securing informed consent are proffered . Following this, consideration of how the task of explaining alternatives might be addressed is examined. The particular example of antidepressant medications provides a context for considering how to discuss medications as a treatment alternative. The kind of information a social worker might be obligated to possess and then impart to the client in fulfilling the task of obtaining informed consent is considered.
A model without a model
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.5.92, 1992, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Following the Italian Reform Act 1978, which ordered the closure of mental hospitals and psychiatric intervention on community based services, services are now provided by local mental health centres in rural and urban areas.
Mental health, employment and the social care workforce
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises evidence on what prevents people with mental health problems from working or retaining work in social care and what can be done to enable them to work. It provides a summary of a range of policy and programmes designed to enable people with mental health problems to gain, retain and regain work, with specific focus on employment in social care. Sections cover: the importance of mental health in employment; what keeps people with mental health problems from working in social care?; law, policy and guidance related to mental health and employment; the social care workplace and mental health; what helps people with mental health problems gain and regain employment?; and who helps people with mental health problems gain and regain employment?. Staff highlighted are those in primary care, occupational health staff, human resources staff and line managers. Links to additional resources are also included.
Adult abuse and the law
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.7.00, 2000, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
When it comes to protecting adults from abuse the law is weak, and social workers have little power to intervene. Explains how European legal bodies are changing things for the better.
Promoting the mental health and well-being of older people: trainer manual to support the level 3 certificate and the level 3 introductory award
- Authors:
- CLARE Alison, CUTHBERT Sharon Lee
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 333p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This training manual provides the resources and materials to deliver training to those involved in improving the mental health and well-being of older people, including paid staff, volunteers and informal carers. It includes guidance for trainers, activities and timings, and suggests learning materials and resources. The manual has been developed to support the Level 3 introductory City and Guilds Award, but can also be used to delivery non-accredited learning programmes. The contents are split into eleven units, which include: communication and relationships; working with carers, families and significant others; supporting participation; supporting older people with dementia; supporting older people with depression and anxiety; and assessment, care, support planning and risk management.
An autopoietic approach to 'Parental Alienation Syndrome'
- Author:
- KING Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 13(3), December 2002, pp.609-635.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
This article uses the recent controversies over 'Parental Alienation Syndrome' as a springboard for a discussion of the relationship between mental health knowledge and expertise, and the legal system. Autopoietic theory is a sociological account of social communication systems and the relations between these systems. Law as a social communication system and child mental health as a sub-system of science are observed as distinct and selfreferential, each relating to its environment and to one another in very different ways, predetermined by their coding and programmes. Recent developments in the rules of admissibility for expert evidence raise questions over the precise status in law of knowledge from clinical child psychiatric and child psychological experts. Through the autopoietic observation of law and child mental health this article explains why the legal system needs to show that it is capable of distinguishing between 'reliable' and 'unreliable' mental health knowledge and court experts. As a result of these observations, some fundamental questions arise about the role of experts in advising courts and in offering therapeutic intervention for children and families. Finally, the article examines the existence within child mental health of law as an instrument for therapy.
Intervening to prevent antisocial personality disorder: a scoping review
- Authors:
- MORAN Patricia, HAGELL Ann
- Publisher:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 102p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report follows up the white paper ' Reforming the Mental Health Act. An essential component of the governments's policy is to increase the evidence base to inform the development of beneficial interventions. This report provides a comprehensive literature review of the interventions aimed at adolescents at risk for developing a clinical diagnosis of severe antisocial personality disorder in adulthood.
Juvenile justice and mental health; Youth and families in the middle
- Authors:
- MacKINNON-LEWIS Carol, KAUFMAN Martha C., FRABUTT James M.
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 7(4), July 2002, pp.353-363.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Addressing the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system is a key imperative for all stakeholders interested in preventing and reducing juvenile delinquency. Despite the substantially higher rates of mental health disorders among these youth, services and approaches are fraught with barriers including inadequate assessment, fragmentation, and deficit-based intervention. Comprehensive, system-level reform is necessary to better address the needs of youth with mental health disorders entering the juvenile justice system. Using a public health approach to youth violence as an overarching framework, the need for a community-based, family-centered, strength-based system of care philosophy is outlined.