Journal of Mental Health Law

    Journal of Mental Health Law
The link to the journal is now on the Journals Tab, scroll down to the Title click on and you will be able to access  the Table of contents for February 2000 to May 2007.
To request full-text of any of the journal articles please email: susan.jennings@lancashirecare.nhs.uk with the reference.
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Mindfulness-Based Eating Disorder Treatment Group

Experiences of Women with Bulimia Nervosa in a Mindfulness-Based Eating Disorder Treatment Group , Eating Disorders, Volume 16, Issue  January 2008 , pages 52 – 72
Abstract
The experience of 6 college-age women with bulimia nervosa was examined after they participated in an 8-week mindfulness-based eating disorder treatment group. This phenomenological study used individual interview and [...]

Mental Capacity Act 2005 deprivation of liberty safeguards code of practice and regulations: report on consultation

Mental Capacity Act 2005 deprivation of liberty safeguards code of practice and regulations: report on consultation, 9th June 2008
This report is of a consultation exercise that took place between September 2007 and December 2007 relating to draft code of practice guidance and two sets of draft regulations concerning the deprivation of liberty safeguards introduced into the Mental Capacity Act 2005 by the Mental Health [...]

Assessment of adolescent self-harm

   Assessment of adolescent self-harm , Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 17, Issue 11, November 2007, Pages 448-453     -  Quentin Spender
Abstract
This practitioner review suggests an approach to adolescents who harm themselves, principally by self-poisoning or self-cutting. Such adolescents frequently pass through the care of paediatricians, who may feel that they are not trained adequately to help them. [...]