Main description:

Approved Mental Health Professionals are specialist professionals authorised to make ethically complex and difficult decisions on the behalf of people with severe mental health difficulties. In this complex and challenging role, AMHPs must possess and deploy a range of skills, knowledge and values. This invaluable handbook considers these challenges and provides in-depth guidance on all key aspects of the role, including:
* working with mental health law;
* risks and challenges in a Mental Health Act assessment;
* staying safe as an AMHP;
* resilience as a trainee and practitioner.
Packed with helpful features such as illustrations, chapter summaries, discussion questions and further reading lists, this clear and concise book will be invaluable to students on AMHP and Best Interests Assessor programmes, as well as for professionals in the field.

Contents:

Introduction;
Section One: The AMHP in Context;
AMHP practice context;
Ethical issues in applying mental health law;
Social perspectives in mental health;
The multi-professional AMHP role;
Section Two: The AMHP in Practice;
Completing a Mental Health Act assessment;
Risks and challenges in Mental Health Act assessments;
Applying the interface between the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act;
Exploring mental health treatment;
Section Three: Developing Good Practice;
Upholding rights, equality and anti-oppressive practice;
Resilience as a trainee and practitioner;
AMHP decision making.