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Mental Health and Human Rights: The Challenges of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Mental Health Care

Mental Health and Human Rights: The Challenges of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Mental Health Care

Author: Neeraj Gill; Norman Sartorius
Publisher: Springer International
ISBN: 9783031521782
Published In: July 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Switzerland ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This book discusses the challenges arising in the application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the provision of mental health care by presenting the views of the parties most directly concerned - people with lived experience of mental illness, their carers, psychiatrists, legal experts, public health workers and planners. Rather than talking about theory, the representatives of these groups express their views in relation to a series of case stories related to mental health in different countries and cultures.

Part I: The United Nations Convention on the rights of Persons with Disabilities

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2: The CRPD in the context of other international human rights statements and mental health programs

Part II: The application of the CRPD and related regulations in mental health care practice: issues arising

Chapter 3. The exploration of issues arising in practice using the case history method

Part III: CRPD and the context of mental health legislation in countries influenced by different legal traditions

Chapter 4. China Chapter 5. Egypt Chapter 6. Fiji Chapter 7. France Chapter 8. Georgia Chapter 9. Germany Chapter 10. Mexico/Latin America Chapter 11. Scotland

Part IV: Responses to issues arising in the application of the CRPD and related regulations

Chapter 12. World Psychiatric Association Chapter 13. Nongovernmental organisations promoting human rights of people with lived experience of mental health conditions

Part V:Conclusion

Chapter 14. Ways of making the CRPD useful to the development of mental health care

Appendices