Felicity Callard, Norman Sartorius, Julio Arboleda-Flórez, Peter Bartlett, Hanfried Helmchen, Heather Stuart, José Taborda, Graham Thornicroft

Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law

Fighting for Social Justice

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship. It presents the key issues succinctly and illustrates these with legislative examples from around the world. This book documents the role that law can play, at all levels, in combating such discrimination and abuse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 179mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9781119953548
• ISBN-10: 1119953545
• Artikelnr.: 35061485

Autorenporträt

Felicity Callard is the author of Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law: Fighting for Social Justice, published by Wiley. Norman Sartorius is a Croatian psychiatrist and university professor. Sartorius is a former director of the World Health Organization's Division of Mental Health, and a former president of the World Psychiatric Association and of the European Psychiatric Association. Julio Arboleda-Flórez is the author of Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law: Fighting for Social Justice, published by Wiley. Peter Bartlett is the author of Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law: Fighting for Social Justice, published by Wiley. Hanfried Helmchen is the author of Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law: Fighting for Social Justice, published by Wiley. Heather Stuart is the author of Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law: Fighting for Social Justice, published by Wiley. José Taborda is the author of Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law: Fighting for Social Justice, published by Wiley. Graham Thornicroft, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
ix Glossary
xiii 1 Introduction
1 1.1 Using the law in the fight for social justice
1 1.2 Whom are we addressing?
5 1.3 The history of this book
7 1.4 How the book has been organised
12 1.5 Terms used to describe mental health problems
14 1.6 Our authorial voice(s)
16 References
17 2 Principles and Concepts
19 2.1 The tension between advancing the rights of people with mental health problems and attitudes in society
20 2.2 Law relating to people with mental health problems: the historical context
21 2.3 Discrimination
24 2.4 General versus specific law
36 2.5 Importance of enforcement
39 2.6 Social model of disability
41 2.7 Capacity and competence
44 2.8 Human rights
47 2.9 Stigma
discrimination and 'structural violence'
52 2.10 Social justice
54 2.11 What comes next?
57 References
57 3 Civil and Political Participation
63 3.1 Voting
63 3.2 Jury service
65 3.3 Measures intended to optimise civil and political participation
66 References
69 4 Legal Capacity
Decision-making
Discriminatory Statutes and Practice
71 4.1 Guardianship and the legal right to make decisions
71 4.2 Discriminatory statutes and practice
76 References
78 5 Work and the Workplace
79 5.1 Mental health problems and labour force participation
79 5.2 Intellectual disabilities and labour force participation
81 5.3 Employment disability legislation
82 References
86 6 Education
89 6.1 United Nations Covenants and examples of country-based legislation
90 References
95 7 Housing
99 7.1 Discrimination in housing
99 7.2 Examples of legislation
100 7.3 Community living
103 References
106 8 Social Security and Social Protection
109 8.1 What are social security and social protection?
109 8.2 Social security and social protection for people with mental health problems
110 8.3 Elements of social protection/social services legislation
113 8.4 Implementation challenges
117 8.5 Examples of legislation
119 References
121 9 Health
Health Care and the Right to Health
125 9.1 Inferior access to mental health care
125 9.2 Excess rates of co-morbidity and mortality
125 9.3 'Diagnostic overshadowing' and 'treatment overshadowing'
127 9.4 The right to health
128 9.5 Examples of legislation
131 References
132 10 Protection Against Abuse and Research Involving Vulnerable Populations
137 10.1 General considerations in research
139 10.2 The nature of vulnerability
140 10.3 Protection and remedies
141 10.4 The nature and quality of the investigation
143 References
146 11 Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental Illness
149 11.1 Public health approaches to promotion and prevention
150 11.2 UNCRPD in relation to mental health promotion and mental illness prevention
151 11.3 Examples of legislation
153 11.4 Other legislation to promote mental health and prevent mental illness
156 References
157 12 Implementation and Enforcement
159 12.1 Implementation plans and policies
159 12.2 Participation: professional groups
service user organisations and carer organisations
166 12.3 Inspections and visitation
170 12.4 Hearings
174 12.5 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
176 12.6 Other complaints mechanisms
179 12.7 Advocacy
179 References
181 13 Summary and Conclusions
185 References
190 14 International and Regional Instruments
Standards
Guidelines and Declarations
191 14.1 International instruments and standards
193 14.2 Regional human rights systems
treaties
conventions
charters and standards
203 14.3 Non-binding standards
guidelines and declarations
215 14.4 Full texts
220 15 Examples of Disability Legislation from Across the World
299 16 Organisations and Resources
307 16.1 Legislation libraries and databases
307 16.2 World Health Organization literature and resource
308 16.3 Other intergovernmental organisations and resources
314 16.4 Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and resources
317 Index
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