Kaplan Carole
Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Fleming Nuffield Unit, Burdon Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3AE, UK.
Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2002 Nov;7(4):181-188. doi: 10.1111/1475-3588.00032.
Mental health professionals and lawyers must work together in the best interests of children and adolescents at many different interfaces. Professionals in the health and legal professions often face criticism of their work and friction can develop.
In this paper I have considered some of the issues that should be addressed, including the introduction of the White Paper on Mental Health and the existing Children Act; the work done in Tribunals considering applications for children; the demands made on experts in Court cases and some of the difficult areas of medical ethics.
A great deal of complex work is done at the interface between child mental health and the law - a considerable effort is needed to maintain this and make the needed improvements in this field.
心理健康专业人员和律师必须在许多不同的层面共同努力，以维护儿童和青少年的最大利益。健康和法律领域的专业人员经常面临对其工作的批评，并且可能会产生摩擦。
在本文中，我探讨了一些需要解决的问题，包括《心理健康白皮书》的出台以及现行的《儿童法》；法庭在审理涉及儿童的申请时所做的工作；法庭案件对专家的要求以及医学伦理的一些难点领域。
儿童心理健康与法律之间的交叉领域存在大量复杂的工作——需要付出相当大的努力来维持这一现状，并在该领域做出必要的改进。
