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Cover -- Contents -- List of tables -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation and statutory materials -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Using this book -- Legal skills guide: accessing and understanding the law -- INTRODUCTION -- Definitions of mental health and mental disorder -- Historical development of mental health law and policy -- Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the 2007 amendment Act -- Terminology -- Chapter outlines -- Further reading -- 1 PROFESSIONAL ROLES -- Professional roles in the Mental Health Act 1983 -- The approved mental health professional (AMHP) -- The police and courts -- The approved clinician (AC) and the responsible clinician (RC) -- The independent mental health advocate (IMHA) -- Further reading -- 2 MENTAL DISORDER -- Current legal definition of mental disorder and compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights -- Exclusions from the definition of mental disorder -- Mental disorder, children and young people -- Mental disorder and learning disabilities -- Ethics, models and terminology -- Links with capacity -- Further reading -- 3 CIVIL ADMISSIONS AND POLICE POWERS -- Civil admissions under Part II of the MHA -- Police powers -- Further reading -- 4 COMPULSION IN THE COMMUNITY -- Leave of absence (s.17) -- Community treatment orders (CTOs) (s.17A) -- Guardianship (s.7) -- Aftercare (s.117) -- Further reading -- 5 PATIENTS CONCERNED IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS OR UNDER SENTENCE -- Overview, terminology and professional roles -- Arrest and diversion -- Remand -- Trial and defences -- Sentencing and prison transfers -- Further relevant statutory and policy provisions -- Conditional discharge and social supervision -- Further reading -- 6 TREATMENT AND CONSENT -- Legal principles and definitions -- Neurosurgery (s.57) -- Medication (s.58) -- Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) (s.58A).