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Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013: Chapter 8
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Acts, Bills
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
The Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013 is an act to make further provision about discrimination against people on the grounds of their mental health. The provisions cover Members of Parliament, jurors and company directors. They repeal legislation disqualifying a Member of Parliament or of the devolved bodies on grounds of mental illness, remove the general ban on people receiving treatment for their mental health undertaking jury service, and amend regulations which allow a director of a public or private company to be removed from their position by reason of their mental health. Explanatory notes produced to assist in the understanding of the Act are available separately.
New mental health legislation: a lifesaver?; changing paradigm and practice
- Author:
- PLUMB Anne E.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 18(4), November 1999, pp.459-478.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Mental health law
- Authors:
- RASHID Stephen Parvez, BALL Caroline, McDONALD Ann
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 119p.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Mental health law referencer
- Author:
- HENRY Annette
- Publisher:
- Sweet and Maxwell
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides basic, at a glance, information on the most commonly encountered aspects of mental health law.
Mental Health Act manual
- Author:
- JONES Richard M
- Publisher:
- Sweet and Maxwell
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 703p.
- Place of publication:
- Andover
Includes the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983; implications of cases arising from it; subsequent changes in the legislation; and the new Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995.
Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Bill
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Almost a revolution: mental health law and the limits of change
- Author:
- APPELBAUM Paul S
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 243p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Examines 4 important reforms in mental health law in the United States: the change in civil commitment laws from statutes allowing confinement on the basis of patients' need for treatment to laws restricting involuntary hospitalisation to persons found dangers to themselves or others; the imposition of liability on mental health professionals for violent acts committed by their patients, when the courts deem that the violence was foreseeable; the recognition of the right of psychiatric patients, even those involuntarily hospitalised, to refuse treatment; and the extensive changes in the insanity defence, including a narrowing of the standard for legal insanity.
Good in parts
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2007, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Mental Health Act 2007 passed into law on the 19th of July. This article looks at some of the fears of the Mental Health Alliance. The article highlights disappointments with the new community treatment order (CTO) and the Bournewood safeguards, which some argue does not provide sufficient independent safeguard.
Mulling it over
- Authors:
- BAILEY Sue, HARBOUR Anthony
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 75, March 2005, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
The authors, representing the Child and Adolescent Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, question whether the draft mental health bill goes far enough in safeguarding children's rights, giving the Faculty's submission to the joint parliamentary committee.
Law without enforcement: integrating mental health and justice
- Editors:
- EASTMAN Nigel, PEAY Jill
- Publisher:
- Hart
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 238.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Explores and reflects on the debate on the law relating to mental disorder. Considers the apparently irreconcilable objectives of mental health and justice. Looks at the nature of mental disorder and its impact on legal capacity, juxtaposing constructs which arise from differing disciplines and exposing the inadequacies of current mental health law. Makes proposals for integrating the achievement of mental health and justice and acknowledges the potential contribution of law to mental health is inherently limited. Argues for radical law reform but cautions against hasty and ill considered proposals at a time when issues concerning mental health care and related law are politically highly charged.