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Pedro Crepaldi Carlessi, Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido, and Islândia Maria Carvalho de Sousa Abstract Since the 1970s, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advanced “traditional medicine” as a global policy category for culturally grounded health…

Ugnė Grigaitė, Gintaras Šumskas, Eglė Šumskienė, Karilė Levickaitė, Jurga Mataitytė-Diržienė, and Jūratė Charenkova Abstract This study explores the attitudes of mental health care professionals in Lithuania toward human rights principles,…

Michelle Wazan, Tatyana Sleiman, Dima El Hajj, and Ramzi Haddad Abstract In Lebanon, the criminalization of drug use and the misapplication of ministerial directives have led hospitals to report overdose cases to law enforcement, deterring people…

Juš Škraban and Andraž Kapus Abstract Despite ongoing criticism, the practice of involuntary admissions to locked units remains widespread globally. In this paper, we focus on secure units within residential social care institutions in Slovenia,…

Sameena Azhar, Atmaja Acharya, Imtyaz Ahmad, Muhammad Arshid, Md. Saimum Islam, and Dania Malik Abstract In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, religious leaders play a significant role in shaping public attitudes toward khwaja sira, people who identify…

INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, Vol 27/2, 2025, pp. 273-284 PDF Sasha Stevenson Abstract In mid-2015, the Gauteng Department of Health in South Africa canceled a contract with Life Esidimeni, a subsidiary of a large…

INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, Vol 27/2, 2025, pp. 259-271 PDF Camila Gianella Malca Abstract In the last 15 years, coalitions of individuals and institutions worldwide have been calling for global policies to close…

 INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, Vol 27/2, 2025, pp. 243-257 PDF Alberto Vásquez Encalada Abstract Peru’s mental health system remains marked by chronic underinvestment, fragmentation, and weak regulation, leaving…

INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, Vol 27/2, 2025, pp. 229-241 PDF Milutin Kostić and Danilo Vuković Abstract Dual practice physicians are those who work in both the public and private sectors: for example, in the…

INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, Vol 27/2, 2025, pp. 215-227 PDF Dainius Pūras and Julie Hannah Abstract Existing evidence shows that mental health policies and services are especially vulnerable to ineffective and…