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Crisis Response as a Human Rights Flashpoint: Critical Elements of Community Support for Individuals Experiencing Significant Emotional Distress

June 18, 2020

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 105 – 120 PDF Peter Stastny, Anne M. Lovell, Julie Hannah, Daniel Goulart, Alberto Vasquez, Seana O’Callaghan, and Dainius Pūras Abstract This paper proposes a…

Adherence to the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities in Czech Psychiatric Hospitals: A Nationwide Evaluation Study

June 18, 2020

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 21 – 34 PDF Petr Winkler, Lucie Kondrátová, Anna Kagstrom, Matěj Kučera, Tereza Palánová, Marie Salomonová, Petr Šturma, Zbyněk Roboch, and Melita Murko Abstract This study sought to evaluate the quality of…

PERSPECTIVE Traditional Healing Practices Involving Psychoactive Plants and the Global Mental Health Agenda: Opportunities, Pitfalls, and Challenges in the “Right to Science” Framework

June 18, 2020

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 145 – 150 PDF José Carlos Bouso and Constanza Sánchez-Avilés Introduction: Global mental health and traditional medicines The global mental health (GMH) movement aims to establish a world in which every human…

A Key, Not a Straitjacket: The Case for Interim Mental Health Legislation Pending Complete Prohibition of Psychiatric Coercion in Accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

June 18, 2020

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 163 – 178 PDF Laura Davidson Abstract The practice of coercion on the basis of psychosocial disability is plainly discriminatory. This has resulted in a demand from the Committee on the Rights of Persons with…

A Constructivist Vision of the First-Trimester Abortion Experience

June 18, 2020

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 237 – 250 PDF Sam Rowlands and Jeffrey Wale Abstract How might the abortion experience look in a world without the existing regulatory constraints? This paper critically assesses the evidence about how a…

Exploring the Potential of a Rights-Based Approach to Work and Social Inclusion for People with Lived Experience of Mental Illness in Ghana

June 18, 2020

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 91 – 104 PDF Ursula M. Read, Lionel Sakyi, and Wendy Abbey Abstract Much of the focus on human rights and mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been on protection from coercion and…