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Assessments: a Child Mental Health Perspective

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Date:12 MAY 2006

Dr David Jones, Child Psychiatrist, Park Hospital, Oxford. The purpose of this article is to consider the potential benefits and problems associated with residential and non residential assessments of children and parents, particularly in the light of the recent House of Lords judgment in Re G (Interim Care Order: Residential Assessment)[2005] UKHL 68, [2006] 1 FLR 601. See June [2006] Fam Law 471 for the full article.

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