*PRE-ORDER, APPROX 4-6 BUSINESS DAYS* Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law by Szigeti STUDENT EDITION 9780433530589 [ZZ]

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This volume contains contributions by 70 extraordinary authors – judges, academics, lawyers, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals – in conversation with family members, victims, and people living with mental health challenges.

Thoughtfully edited by four of the nation’s leading subject matter experts, Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law brings together the voices of multidisciplinary experts from coast to coast. It explores complex dynamics at the intersection of mental health and the law and explains more sophisticated concepts in detail. It is a reference to consult when confronted with difficult problems in mental health and the law.

This special collection contains contributions by 70 extraordinary authors – judges, academics, lawyers, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals – in conversation with family members, victims, and people living with mental health challenges. It contains 50 unique chapters and is organized into seven main themes:

• Civil mental health law
• Specialized / Therapeutic courts
• Criminal law
• Review Board law
• Administration of justice issues
• Coroner’s inquests
• Other hot button issues

Topics Covered

• MAID and mental illness
• Overuse of psychiatric segregation
• Police interactions with persons in crisis
• Race-based discrimination in our mental health and justice systems
• How administrative tribunals adjudicate mental health matters
• Mental health and legal education
• Answers everyday questions, including:
  • Can we really predict risk of violence?
  • Is an NCR Verdict a life sentence?
  • How do mental health and drug treatment courts work across Canada?
  • Can victims and families navigate our justice system?
  • What do people who live with mental health issues or use drugs actually need?
• Plus many more

Who Should Read This Book

• Crown Counsel who appear in criminal court and encounter fitness or criminal responsibility issues
• Defence Counsel who represent accused persons with serious mental health issues before the Courts or at the Review Board
• Lawyers who represent patient applicants in civil mental health tribunal proceedings
• Wills and estates lawyers who advise on power of attorney or consent and capacity issues
• Health lawyers who represent parties before the courts, in consent and capacity matters, or the officers in charge of Psychiatric Facilities that detain or supervise the accused
• Judges who are tasked with ordering assessments, hear fitness or NCR matters, or determine capacity issues in guardianship applications
• Hospitals and psychiatric facilities whose officers in charge need to know their duties and obligations under the Mental Health Act and Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code
• Consent and Capacity Board members who are called upon to determine issues of involuntary committal and capacity
• Criminal Code Review Board members who preside over at least annual disposition reviews of unfit and NCR accused persons
• Doctors, psychiatrists, physicians, forensic consultants, and other mental health professionals who assess patients for treatment capacity or may be called as witnesses at Review Board hearings
• Community mental health agencies who provide care and supervision to persons subject to Review Board jurisdiction or civil mental health outpatient treatment orders
• Law professors and law students enrolled in studies with course material in Canadian mental health law
• Individuals Living with Serious Mental Health Issues, their families and others who want to know more about their rights or how to navigate the justice system as it pertains to them