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Personal social services local authority statistics: guardianship under the Mental Health Act (1983); year ending 31 March 1994
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 11p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
A companion guide to mentally disordered offenders
- Author:
- STONE Nigel
- Publisher:
- Owen Wells
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 158p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ilkley
People with mental health problems provide practitioners with some of their greatest problems. Not only because of the intrinsic difficulty of dealing with disturbed users, but also because of the wealth of legislation that must also be considered. Provides a clear, easy to use guide to the many legal problems that these users present. Covers: police investigation and discretion; discontinuance by the Crown Prosecution Service; remands and reports; unfitness to plead; insanity, diminished responsibility and infanticide; hospital orders; psychiatric probation and supervision orders; supervision and treatment orders; guardianship orders; mentally disordered prisoners; restricted patients; supervision registers; and powers under the Mental Health Act 1983. Includes a drugs glossary.
Compromise which puts control before care
- Author:
- POWELL Roland
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, April 1995, p.15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Outlines BASW's response to the government's Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Bill.
The law and elderly people
- Authors:
- McDONALD Ann, TAYLOR Margaret E
- Publisher:
- Sweet and Maxwell
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 319p.
- Place of publication:
- London
One volume reference book on the law as it affects older people. Topics covered include: social services; housing; health services; welfare rights; wills and the formalities of death; and mental health.