A new era for mental health law and policy : supported decision-making and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities /
International human rights law challenges core tenets of mental health law, policy and practice. This book explores this challenge.
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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Loạt: | Cambridge disability, law and policy series.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1578695 |
Mục lục:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Related Publications
- List of abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A The CRPD and Mental Health
- B Research Scope and Aims
- C Audience
- D Conclusion
- Part I what do human rights mean for mental health law?
- 1 Mental Health Law: Purpose and Procedures
- A Introduction
- B The Origins of Mental Health Legislation in Common Law
- C Deinstitutionalisation and â#x80;#x98;Rights-Basedâ#x80;#x99; Legalism
- 1 Involuntary Interventions Outside Hospital: The Rise of Compulsory Psychiatric Interventions in the â#x80;#x98;Communityâ#x80;#x99;2 Separating Mental Health and Capacity/Guardianship Laws
- D Discussion: Change and Continuity in Mental Health Law
- E Conclusion
- 2 Mental Health, Law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ...
- A Introduction
- B The Long Road to Inclusion of Disability and Mental Health in Human Rights Law
- 1 The CRPD and Mental Health Law
- C The Scope of Protected Rights
- 1 Framing Rights
- 2 Operative Rights
- 3 Implementation, Monitoring and the Optional ProtocolD New Tools or New Paradigm?
- E Conclusion
- 3 Major Criticisms of Mental Health Law
- A Introduction
- B Rights-Based Arguments
- 1 Mental Health Law Is Discriminatory
- 2 Mental Health Law Violates International Human Rights Law
- 3 Mental Health Law May Lead to Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- 4 â#x80;#x98;Special Measuresâ#x80;#x99;: Can Lawmakers Justify Differential Treatment?
- a The Incompetence Claim
- b The Public Risk Claim
- c Regulating Treatment and Emergency Powers
- C Efficacy Arguments: That Mental Health Law Is Ineffective on Its Own Terms1 Lawmakers Cannot Show Mental Health Law Reduces the Risk of Self-Harm
- 2 Mental Health Law Fails to Facilitate Access to Treatment
- 3 â#x80;#x98;Involuntary Outpatient Treatmentâ#x80;#x99; Is Ineffective
- 4 Mental Health Law Codifies Medical Discretion, Control and Regulation
- D Pragmatic Concerns
- 1 Mental Health Law Fails to Protect against the â#x80;#x98;Tyranny of the Majorityâ#x80;#x99;
- 2 â#x80;#x98;Voluntarismâ#x80;#x99; in the Shadow of Compulsion
- 3 Coercion Interrupts the Development of Decision-Making Skills
- 4 The Competing Aims of Mental Health Law Blurs Decision-Making Processes5 The Medical Model Dominates in Mental Health Law
- 6 Family, Friends, Partners and Other Informal Supporters Are Sidelined
- 7 Perverse Incentives to Use Coercive Mechanisms
- E Conclusion
- Part II The CRPD Support Framework and Mental Health: New Tools or New Paradigm?
- 4 The CRPD Support Framework
- A Introduction
- B Article 12: Equal Recognition before the Law
- C The CRPD Support Framework: Key Concepts
- 1 Support to Exercise Legal Capacity
- 2 Substituted Decision- Making
- ""3 Replacing â#x80;#x98;Best Interestsâ#x80;#x99; with â#x80;#x98;Will, Preference and Rightsâ#x80;#x99;""