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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.
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.
It's a new order, but is it justice?
- Author:
- GOULD Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.4.92, 1992, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Under the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991, social workers will soon have a role in ensuring that mentally ill offenders get a fair trial; but they will also become involved in enforcement, which might lead to compulsory treatment in the community.
Community care and control: a guide to the legislation
- Author:
- FISHWICK Colin
- Publisher:
- Pepar
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Focuses on the Children Act 1989, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Criminal Justice Act 1991. Divided into 4 sections: the care and control of children in the community; the care of adults in the community; the care and control of mentally ill people; and the care and control of offenders in the community.