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Chapter 19

Mental Health

R. Jones, Mental Health Act Manual (10th edn., Sweet & Maxwell, 2006). This is used as a handbook by many lawyers and members of the MHRT.

J. Peay, Decisions and Dilemmas, Working with Mental Health Law (Hart Publishing, 2003). Examines the interplay between the health and legal disciplines and how decisions are made about patients.

N. Glover-Thomas, Reconstructing Mental Health Law and Policy (Butterworths, 2002). This book takes a critical including a historical perspective. How did the law get into its present state? How should it be reformed?

P. Bartlett and R. Sandland, Mental Health Law Policy and Practice (3rd edn., Blackstone Press, 2007). Provides a critical perspective on the law and how it works in practice.

P. Bowen, Blackstone's Guide to the Mental Health Act (Oxford University Press, 2007).

R. Brown, and others, Mental Health Law (Hodder Arnold, 2005). Written by authors from a range of disciplines, contributions balancing legal with clinical expertise.

R. Brown, The Approved Social Worker's Guide to Mental Health Law (learning matters, forthcoming). We have not yet seen this, but it may well be worth looking at for anyone thinking of specializing.

Mind, www.mind.org.uk - access to a range of helpful materials to help those with mental health problems.

Department of Health, www.dh.gov.uk - not an easy site to navigate, but you will need it to locate press releases and official documents.

National Service Framework for Mental Health, www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4009598 - a guide to the overall standards required, set in conjunction with the NHS.

The Institute of Mental Health Act Practitioners, www.markwalton.net/ - a very well organized resource bank where, for example, the Code of Practice and circulars can be accessed without having to search the Department of Health.