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Psychiatric Emergencies and the Law

The Impact of the Mental Health Act (1959)

Autorzy: F. E. Kenyon Wydawnictwo: Elsevier Science Data wydania: 2013 Język publikacji: Angielski Liczba stron: 149 Formaty publikacji: EAN: 9781483193274 ISBN: 9781483193274 Kategoria: Clinical psychology Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Law Indeks wydawcy: 9781483193274 Nota bibliograficzna: -

Opis

Psychiatric Emergencies and the Law: The Impact of the Mental Health Act (1959) presents the changes made before and after the implementation of the Mental Health Act of 1959. It discusses the procedures for admitting patients with mental disorder. It addresses the practical implications of such policy in the administration of psychiatric hospitals serving the City.
Some of the topics covered in the book are the Lunacy Act of 1890 and 1845; the main provisions of the Mental Health Act of 1959; method of investigation; source of referral by legal status; legal status on admission; psychiatric history; readmission rate; and legal status of transfers to mental hospitals. Types of admission such as the informal admission, emergency admission, and police admission are fully covered. The admission of adolescent, geriatric, alcoholic, drug addict, and psychopathic patients are discussed in detail. The text describes in depth the subnormals, schizophrenics, and manic-depressives. The number of deaths in the psychiatric ward is presented completely. A chapter is devoted to the analysis of the statistical data on the number of patient base on gender, age, nationality, and social status.
The book can provide useful information to psychologists, doctors, students, and researchers.

Spis treści

  • Front Cover 2
  • Psychiatric Emergencies and the Law 3
  • Copyright Page 4
  • Dedication 5
  • Preface 7
  • Table of Contents 9
  • PART 1: PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES AND THE LAW 11
    • Chapter 1.Old Legislation and the Mentally III 11
    • Chapter 2. The Main Provisions of the Mental Health Act (1959) 15
    • Chapter 3. Is the Mental Health Act working properly ? 19
    • Chapter 4. Method of Present Investigation 25
    • Chapter 5. Some General Trends 28
      • ADMISSION RATES 28
      • CIVIL STATUS 31
      • SOCIAL STATUS 33
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