Issues

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…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 265 – 278 PDF Tamar Ezer, Megan S. Wright, and Joseph J. Fins Abstract Brain injury contributes more to death and disability globally than any other traumatic incident. While the past decade has seen…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 51 – 60 PDF Jenifer Wogen and Maria Teresa Restrepo Abstract The primary purpose of political, civil, socioeconomic, and cultural rights is to protect the dignity of all human beings. Good mental health and…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 7 – 21 PDF Linda Steele, Ray Carr, Kate Swaffer, Lyn Phillipson, and Richard Fleming Abstract This paper responds to growing concerns in human rights practice and scholarship about the confinement of people…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 221 – 236 PDF Mariana P. Socal, Joseph J. Amon, and João Biehl Abstract Over the past three decades, Brazil has developed a decentralized universal health system and achieved significant advances in key health…