Series Editors' Introduction. Acknowledgements. Glossary of Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. Review of Mental Health Legislation: A New Act for a New Century; 2. Compulsory Treatment and Detention; 3. The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland; 4. Patients' Rights and Safeguards; 5. The Involvement of Relatives; 6. Legislation and the Changing Face of Service Delivery. Useful Addresses. References. Index.
Jacqueline M Atkinson is a Chartered Psychologist in the Public Health and Health Policy section of the University of Glasgow. She has been researching aspects of mental health legislation for the past ten years, focussing most recently on advance directives in mental health.
'The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, implemented in October 2005, is explained discursively and clearly.' Social Care Association
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