Psychiatric Emergencies and the Law
The Impact of the Mental Health Act (1959)
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1968
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: F. E. Kenyon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 7 7 4 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 3 2 7 - 4
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… Read more
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Request a sales quotePsychiatric 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.
ContentsPreface1. Old Legislation and the Mentally Ill2. The Main Provisions of the Mental Health Act (1959) 3. Is the Mental Health Act working properly? 4. Method of Present Investigation 5. Some General Trends 6. Informal, Emergency, Observation, and Police Admissions 7. Adolescent, Geriatric, Alcoholic, Drug Addict, and Psychopathic Admissions 8. Subnormals, Schizophrenics, and Manic-depressives 9. Deaths in the Unit 10. Discussion of the General Trends 11. Special Problems of Informal, Section 29, Section 25, Police, Adolescent, and Geriatric Admissions 12. Special Problems of the Alcoholic, Drug Addict, and Psychopath 13. Special Problems of the Mentally Subnormal and Psychotic 14. Summary of Main Findings 15. Conclusions References Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1968
- No. of pages (eBook): 146
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483177465
- eBook ISBN: 9781483193274
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