Jeff Cohen Advice and Training
JCAT offers advice and training on mental health
practice, policy and legislation
Publications
Understanding Treatment Without Consent
An Analysis of the Work of the Mental Health Act CommissionIan Shaw, Hugh Middleton and Jeffrey Cohen
Published Oct. 2007 by Asgate
In Understanding Treatment Without Consent, key contributors examine the work of the UK Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC), which was established to ensure the care and rights of people subjected to the various sections of the 1983 Mental Health Act. Based on a research project funded by the Department of Health, the book also offers a broader exploration of mental health provision in both historical and contemporary contexts, discussing whether mental health reforms have learned the lessons of history. The book builds on earlier work on treatment without consent by providing a more policy-oriented account of mental health law and regulation in the context of health service modernization, discussing contemporary issues facing the MHAC and looking at its future role.
Conference Papers
See presentations from the conference "Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on the Mental Health Act 2007" which was held in Nottingham in June 2008