Archive: 2020

Sara L.M. Davis For decades, the International AIDS Conference has successfully convened a massive biannual meeting, bringing together a diverse community of scientists, researchers, activists and officials, as well as a smattering of celebrities. At…

Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 317 – 320 PDF Camila Gianella, Ruth Iguiñiz-Romero, María José Romero, and Jasmine Gideon Peru received international acclaim for being one of the first countries to implement a comprehensive package of…

Diya Uberoi Around the world, research to find a possible vaccine or treatment for the novel coronavirus has begun. The magnitude of the pandemic and its impact on the global economy makes the need for affordable medicines and treatment a pressing…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 77 – 89 PDF Lucas Trout and Lisa Wexler Abstract Youth suicide is a significant health disparity in circumpolar indigenous communities, with devastating impacts on individual, family, and community levels.…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 179 – 186 PDF Bram Wispelwey and Yasser Abu Jamei Abstract The Gaza Strip is under an Israeli land, sea, and air blockade that is exacerbated by Egyptian restrictions and imposes an enormous cost in terms of…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 133 – 144 PDF Rory Neirin Higgs Abstract The Hearing Voices Movement is an international grassroots movement that aims to shift public and professional attitudes toward experiences—such as hearing voices and…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 151 – 162 PDF Jasna Russo and Stephanie Wooley Abstract The social model of disability—which is grounded in the lived realities of disabled people, as well as their activism, research, and theoretical work—has…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 309 – 314 PDF Marge Berer Beyond Virtue and Vice: Rethinking Human Rights and Criminal Law, edited by Alice M. Miller and Mindy Jane Roseman, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. This multi-authored book,…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 61 – 68 PDF Lisa Cosgrove and Allen F. Shaughnessy Abstract Although there is consensus that a rights-based approach to mental health is needed, there is disagreement about how best to conceptualize and…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 35 – 50 PDF Faraaz Mahomed Abstract Throughout the world, mental health remains a neglected priority, low on the agenda of policy makers and funders at the national and international levels. While this is…