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Mental Health and Family Law The collected papers of the 2009 Dartington Hall Conference

Author: The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe; Marina Faggionato
Publisher: Jordan Publishing
ISBN: 9781846612114
Published In: April 2010
Format: Paperback
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Mental Health and Family Law is the result of the 2009 Interdisciplinary Conference held at Dartington Hall.
Mental Health and Family Law is the result of the 2009 Interdisciplinary Conference held at Dartington Hall. The Conference assembled a uniquely qualified group of contributors, drawn from the many professions involved in the work of the family justice system. This book brings together their papers and provides a detailed examination of the latest theory and practice in respect of:
- Parental mental health and its impact on children
- Assessing and representing parents with mental health issues
- Specific issues relevant to mental health
- Children's mental health problems
- Intervention options
- Responsibilities in relation to services to children and parents
PLENARY 1 - Parental Mental Health and its Impact on Children
- Clinical Psychopathy, Personality Disorder and Risk of Intra-Familial Violence
  Professor Jane L Ireland and Dr Nicola Graham-Kevan
- Working with Families Where a Parent has Mental Health Problems: Risks, Opportunities and Challenges
  Dr Diana Cassell
- The Family Drug and Alcohol Court: A New Approach to Safeguarding the Children of Parents who Abuse Drugs and Alcohol
  Dr Mike Shaw
PLENARY 2 - Assessing and Representing Parents with Mental Health Issues
- Assessment and Decision Making - Paralysis in the Family and Professional System in Parents with Personality Disorder
  Minna Daum
- Representation of Parents with Mental Health Issues
  Peggy Ekeledo, Burke Niazi, Janice Kaufman and Helen Clift
- CaringintheFamily
  Ann Tucker
PLENARY 3 - Specific Issues Relevant to Mental Health
- Young Carers - or Children in Need of Care? Decision Making for Children of Parents with Mental Health Problems
  Professor Gillian Schofield and Dr Judi Walsh
- Culture in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Dr Nisha Dogra
PLENARY 4 - Children’s Mental Health Problems – Nature, nature and Nurture, and Nurture
- Nature Nurture: Childhood Mental Health Disorders Issues Relevant to Decision Making in the Courts
  Dr Claire Sturge
- Parenting Shortcomings that Lead to Mental Health Problems for Children - Attachment Issues, Abuse And Neglect
  Dr Danya Glaser
PLENARY 5 - Intervention Option
- Therapeutic Support for Parents with Mental Disorders - Focus on Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Learning Disabilities, Autism, ADHD)
  Dr Kiriakos Xenitidis, Dr James Jeffs and Dr Sally Cubbin
- Therapeutic Support for Children and Young People during Proceedings and in Short-Term Placements
  Dr David Lucey
- Entrenched Parental Positions Post-Separation - Do they amount to a Mental Health Disorder and how can they be Treated?
  Dr Eia Asen
PLENARY 6 - Responsibilities in Relation to Services to Children and Parents
- Supporting the Future or 'Too Little Too Late?' - A Judicial Perspective
  HHJ Angela Nield
- Reclaiming Social Work - Keeping Families Together
  Isabelle Trowler and Steve Goodman
- A Partnership Approach to the Delivery of CAMHS and Children's Social Care Services
  Karin Courtman and Sandie Chatterton
PLENARY 7 – Conference Action Points
- Conference Resolutions
Edited by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe and Marina Faggionato, Conference Rapporteur, QEB Chambers