Rethinking Rights-Based Mental Health Laws - Softcover

 
9781849460835: Rethinking Rights-Based Mental Health Laws
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1849460833 ISBN 13: 9781849460835
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Mental health laws exist in many countries to regulate the involuntary detention and treatment of individuals with serious mental illnesses. 'Rights-based legalism' is a term used to describe mental health laws that refer to the rights of individuals with mental illnesses somewhere in their provisions. The advent of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities makes it timely to rethink the way in which the rights of individuals to autonomy and liberty are balanced against state interests in protecting individuals from harm to self or others. This collection addresses some of the current issues and problems arising from rights-based mental health laws. The chapters have been grouped in five parts as follows: - Historical Foundations - The International Human Rights Framework and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Gaps Between Law and Practice - Review Processes and the Role of Tribunals - Access to Mental Health Services Many of the chapters in this collection emphasise the importance of moving away from the limitations of a negative rights approach to mental health laws towards more positive rights of social participation. While the law may not always be the best way through which to alleviate social and personal predicaments, legislation is paramount for the functioning of the mental health system. The aim of this collection is to encourage the enactment of legal provisions governing treatment, detention and care that are workable and conform to international human rights documents.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bernadette McSherry is ARC Federation Fellow, and Professor of Law at Monash University
Penelope Weller is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow on the ARC Federation Fellowship at Monash University

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Verlag
Bloomsbury 3PL
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1849460833
ISBN 13 
9781849460835
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
466
Herausgeber
Mcsherry Bernadette, Weller Penelope
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