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ISBN 10: 1119953545
ISBN 13: 9781119953548
Author: Felicity Callard, Norman Sartorius, Julio Arboleda Florez, Peter Bartlett, Hanfried Helmchen, Heather Stuart, Jose Taborda, Graham Thornicroft
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, 323
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