PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Chapter 1 – The law in context
Chapter 2 – Statutory framework
Chapter 3 – Key organisations
Chapter 4 – Supporting the service user
PART 2: MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE
Chapter 5 – Patients' rights
Chapter 6 – Care in hospital
Chapter 7 – Consent to treatment
Chapter 8 – Patients unable to consent
Chapter 9 – Restraint, force and detention
Chapter 10 – Preparing for future incapacity
PART 3: THE USE OF COMPULSION
Chapter 11 – Compulsory measures
Chapter 12 – Short-term detention
Chapter 13 – Emergency detention
Chapter 14 – Compulsory treatment orders
Chapter 15 – Compulsory treatment orders: reviews, appeals and suspension
Chapter 16 – Medical treatment
Chapter 17 – Rights of patients subject to orders
Chapter 18 – Restrictions on detained patients
Chapter 19 – Hospital transfers
Chapter 20 – Breach of orders, unauthorised absences and offences
Chapter 21 – Transitional arrangements
PART 4: THE TRIBUNAL
Chapter 22 – Representation at the tribunal
Chapter 23 – Tribunal procedure
PART 5: ADULTS WITH INCAPACITY
Chapter 24 – Adults with Incapacity Act
Chapter 25 – Authorising welfare decisions
Chapter 26 – Financial management
PART 6: CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
Chapter 27 – Community care
Chapter 28 – Duty to provide services
Chapter 29 – Paying for care
PART 7: PEOPLE AT RISK
Chapter 30 – People at risk
PART 8: THE IMPACT OF MENTAL DISORDER
Chapter 31 – Personal life
Chapter 32 – Housing
Chapter 33 – Education and employment
Chapter 34 – Consumer rights
Chapter 35 – Civil rights and public life
PART 9: DISCRIMINATION
Chapter 36 – Protection against discrimination
PART 10: PEOPLE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Chapter 37 – Respect for diversity
Chapter 38 – Issues for people with dementia
Chapter 39 – People with learning disabilities
Chapter 40 – Refugees and asylum seekers
Chapter 41 – Children and young people
PART 11: CARERS
Chapter 42 – Carers
PART 12: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL DISORDER
Chapter 43 – Criminal law and mental health
Chapter 44 – Special measures for suspects and witnesses
Chapter 45 – The criminal court process: from arrest to sentence
Chapter 46 – The criminal court process: sentencing
Chapter 47 – Care in prison and hospital transfers
Chapter 48 – Impact of criminal justice orders and patients' rights
PART 13: CARE STANDARDS
Chapter 49 – Health and care standards
PART 14: WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
Chapter 50 – Complaints
Chapter 51 – Legal remedies
Chapter 52 – Official enquiries
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 – European Convention on Human Rights
Appendix 2 – UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol