Download or read book Children, Mental Health, and the Law written by and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intervention at an early stage of a child's development is extremely complicated. The problems of balancing the conflicting rights of the child, the parents, and the State form the basis of this volume. It describes the interaction between mental health and legal interests in the USA, and provides a comprehensive survey of current empirical research, professional practice, and legal policy.