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The Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Home Office notes and copy of the Act.
Mental illness: prejudice, discrimination and the law
- Authors:
- CAMBELL Tom, HEGINBOTHAM Chris
- Publisher:
- Dartmouth
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 263p.bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Defines the nature of discrimination, and analyses the nature of mental illness. Looks at ways in which mentally ill people are discriminated against in all walks of life. Develops a conceptual framework centring on rights and interests of mentally ill people and articulates a non-discrimatory approach to services. Provides a critique of mental health legislation, and makes proposals for change.
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.