Piers Gooding

A New Era for Mental Health Law and Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

International human rights law challenges core tenets of mental health law, policy and practice. This book explores this challenge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 295
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781316506134
• ISBN-10: 1316506134
• Artikelnr.: 54641019

Autorenporträt

Piers Gooding is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute and the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. He has held a number of teaching and research appointments, including at Monash University, the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and as a visiting research fellow at King's College London. His research focuses on disability law and policy, with a special focus on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. What Do Human Rights Mean for Mental Health Law?: 1. Mental health law: purpose and procedures
2. Mental health, law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: new tools or new paradigm?
3. Major criticisms of mental health law
Part II. The CRPD-Support Framework and Mental Health: New Tools or New Paradigm?: 4. The CRPD-support framework
5. Applying the CRPD-support framework in law
6. Practical examples of the CRPD-suport approach in the mental health context
7. Navigating the 'flashing amber lights' of the CRPD-support framework: addressing major concerns
Conclusion.