Mental Disorder and Legal Control

The 1983 Mental Health Act (England and Wales) introduced far-reaching changes in the control of mentally disordered people, and this series of essays describes various features of that Act. The book is divided into three main sections: the admission of mentally ill patients, their control in hospital and their place in the community, and their rights. The concluding essay points out that the Act is a piece of reforming legislation but not a radical one. Although the discussion is based on the provisions of the 1983 Mental Health Act (England and Wales), the topics covered are of international importance and the interest in the book will be correspondingly wide.Bean, Philip is the author of 'Mental Disorder and Legal Control', published 1986 under ISBN 9780521302098 and ISBN 0521302099.