A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Capacity Act/Mental Capacity Legislation: Principles and Practice - Nick Brindle, Tim Branton, Alison Stansfield, Tony Zigmond, RCPsych Publications, 2013, £18.00 (pb), 144 pp. ISBN: 9781908020635 - Edited by Rebecca Jacob, Michael Gunn &amp; Anthony Holland RCPsych Publications, 2013, £25.00 (hb), 128 pp. ISBN: 9781909726000

Ben Spencer

doi:10.1192/pb.bp.113.043828

Abstract

A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Capacity Act/Mental Capacity Legislation: Principles and Practice - Nick Brindle, Tim Branton, Alison Stansfield, Tony Zigmond, RCPsych Publications, 2013, £18.00 (pb), 144 pp. ISBN: 9781908020635 - Edited by Rebecca Jacob, Michael Gunn & Anthony Holland RCPsych Publications, 2013, £25.00 (hb), 128 pp. ISBN: 9781909726000 - Volume 38 Issue 3

Highlights

Eating disorders in general - and anorexia nervosa in particular - are bewildering and frightening for families, clinicians and patients alike
A Clinician’s Brief Guide to the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Capacity Legislation: Principles and Practice enter the fray, both broadly attending to the psychiatrist who wishes to further their understanding of the Act
A Clinician’s Brief Guide is what the Code of Practice should have been: sequentially explaining the provisions of the Act, with reference to relevant case law demonstrating how these should be applied in practice

Summary

Introduction

Eating disorders in general - and anorexia nervosa in particular - are bewildering and frightening for families, clinicians and patients alike. This is a unique book: it is based on more than 100 in-depth interviews with people with eating disorders conducted by the author.

Results

Conclusion