Eldergill

Anselm Eldergill, Mental Health Review Tribunals: Law and Procedure (Sweet and Maxwell, London 1997). Professor Anselm Eldergill has kindly given permission for his book to be reproduced on Mental Health Law Online. The copyright remains with the author. Given its publication date, the book is being reproduced here for historical and academic interest only.

I have not been able to get the original, obsolete word-processor files converted to PDF format. This web page contains a scanned version of the book. To view a chapter on screen, open it with Adobe Reader and click 'View - Rotate View - Clockwise'. We have also submitted the book to Google Books where it can be searched.

Table of chapters

PRELIMINARIES
	Acknowledgements	v
	Preface	vii
	Table of chapters	ix
	Table of contents	xi
	Table of Cases	xxxix
	Table of Statutes	liii
	Table of Statutory Instruments	lxxiii
PART I - INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Chapter 1	Introduction and overview	3
PART II - THE LAW
Detention, guardianship and supervision
Chapter 2	Legal defisions of mental disorder	51
Chapter 3	Relevant terms and parties	97
Chapter 4	Detention and guardianship under Part II	209
Chapter 5	Orders and directions under Part III	307
Chapter 6	After-care and supervision applications	413
A tribunal's powers
Chapter 7	A tribunal's powers in unrestricted cases	463
Chapter 8	A tribunal's powers in restricted cases	511
Chapter 9	The limits of a tribunal's powers	567
Tribunal procedure and practice
Chapter 10	Commencing the proceedings	603
Chapter 11	Obtaining reports on the patient	661
Chapter 12	Risk assessment and discharge planning	723
Chapter 13	Directions and other pre-hearing matters	777
Chapter 14	The hearing	797
Chapter 15	The tribunal's decision and appeals	829
The authorised representative
Chapter 16	The role of the authorised representative	875
Legal appendices
Appendix IIA	Mental Health Act 1983, Part V	969
Appendix IIB	Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules 1983	989
PART III - MEDICAL ISSUES
Chapter 17	Mental health and mental disorder	1015
Chapter 18	Assessing the presence of mental disorder	1055
Chapter 19	Classifying and diagnosing mental disorder	1107
Chapter 20	Treatment and outcome	1125
Chapter 21	Personality disorders	1175
Chapter 22	Mood disorders	1193
Chapter 23	Schizophrenia and related phychoses	1227
Chapter 24	Organic disorders	1267
INDEX

See also

• Anselm Eldergill, Mental Health Review Tribunals: Law and Procedure (Sweet and Maxwell, London 1997) (includes Amazon link)