Mental Health Review Tribunals
Mental Health Review Tribunals

Author: Anselm Eldergill

Publisher: Anselm Eldergill

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1411

ISBN-13: 042148330X

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This book provides an authoritative combination of legal and administrative practice and procedure and the operation of mental health tribunals (MHRTs). It includes: . Case summaries of all important reported and unreported decisions. Explanatory chapter on medical terms and the interpretation of special investigations. Diagnostic guidelines for the major forms of mental disorder. Detailed guidance on preparation of cases. Important amendments made by the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

The Mental Health Tribunal
The Mental Health Tribunal

Author: Neil Hickman

Publisher: Learning Matters

Published: 2021-10-06

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1529756383

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This accessible and practical guide de-mystifies the Mental Health Tribunal for health and social care professionals. Written by a mental health lawyer and a MHT Panel member, it offers essential explanations of all stages of the MHT proceedings, from initial application to the final decision. The book also provides answers to frequently asked questions and provides top tips to help guide through the whole process.

Mental Health Tribunals
Mental Health Tribunals

Author: Jonathan Butler

Publisher: Jordan Publishing (GB)

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781846616020

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This is a highly practical reference work for all those appearing before the tribunal and for tribunal members themselves. Detailed explanatory commentary about the organization, procedure, and jurisdiction of the tribunal is followed by an analysis of tribunal powers in relation to both non-offender and offender patients.

Decision-making in Mental Health Review Tribunals
Decision-making in Mental Health Review Tribunals

Author: Elizabeth Perkins

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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This study, undertaken in 1997 and commissioned by the Department of Health, examines how Mental Health Review Tribunals make decisions about whether or not to discharge patients detained under sections 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act (1983).

Mental Health Tribunals
Mental Health Tribunals

Author: Phil Fennell

Publisher: Law Society Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781853287350

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"This practical book provides all professionals, particularly legal representatives, with an accessible and up-to-date guide to Mental Health Tribunals, including: a concise overview of the human rights and policy background, analysis of the legal definition of mental disorder and use of compulsory powers, a clear statement of the tribunal powers applicable to offender and non-offender patients, unrestricted patients and community patients, a chronological account of the procedure and operation of the tribunals, an outline of the typical procedural steps for a patient's representative, review of the public funding position. Uniquely, the authors explain where the law, rules and procedures differ between England and Wales and the rules for each tribunal are conveniently set out in comprehensive appendix materials. This book will be invaluable to those seeking accreditation of re-accreditation under the Law Society's Mental Health Accreditation Scheme"--P. [4] of cover.

Mental Health
Mental Health

Author: Larry Ogalthorpe Gostin

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780851214306

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A Mental health Review Tribunal (MHRT) is normally the only form of independent body to examine the justification for continuing a patient's detention. The legal representative at a MHRT must be armed not only with an understanding of the procedure but also of the definitions used in psychiatry - exactly what they should find in this guide. Mental Health Act Code of Practice and developments in powers of tribunals; pre-hearing procedures; hearing procedures; finance; medical issues; the patient's circumstances after discharge and transfer from special to local NHS hospitals. useful summary charts on steps in Representation and Admission to hospital.

WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation
WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation

Author: Melvyn Freeman

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9789241562829

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This publication highlights key issues and principles to be considered in the drafting, adoption and implementation of mental health legislation and best practice in mental health services. It contains examples of diverse experiences and practices, as well as extracts of laws and other legal documents from a range of different countries, and a checklist of key policy components. Three main elements of effective mental health legislation are identified, relating to context, content and process.

Scottish Mental Health Tribunal
Scottish Mental Health Tribunal

Author: Derek Auchie

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0748699406

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Derek Auchie and Ailsa Carmichael conduct a full review of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No 2) Rules 2005, together with a detailed examination of the relevant provisions of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. The authors, both Legal Members of the Tribunal, draw upon their own experiences and the experiences of other members in convening Tribunal hearings, making this text an invaluable practical resource for anyone involved at any level of the Tribunal process.