Overview
- Discusses the impact of the CRPD on the practice of psychiatry
- Presents case histories taken from real life
- Written by experts from geographically diverse backgrounds
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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Keywords
- Low-and middle-income countries
- Mental Health
- SDG3
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Involuntary/compulsory treatment
- Coercion and treatment in psychiatry
- Mental health law
- Psychiatric ethics
- Advanced directives
- Supported decision-making
- SDG16
- UN Action
- Forensic Psychology
- Psychology
About this book
This book discusses the challenges arising in the application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the provision of mental health care by presenting the views of the parties most directly concerned – people with lived experience of mental illness, their carers, psychiatrists, legal experts, public health workers and planners. Rather than talking about theory, the representatives of these groups express their views in relation to a series of case stories related to mental health in different countries and cultures.
In addition to the presentation of views and arguments related to the case stories presented, there are descriptions of the application of the CRPD on mental health legislation in China, Egypt, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Mexico and Scotland - countries differing in their legal tradition, income and level of resources invested into mental health care.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Neeraj Gill, MBBS, MD (Psychiatry), FRANZCP, DrPH is a Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia and Professor, Public Mental Health at the Mental Health Policy Unit, Health Research Institute, The University of Canberra, ACT, Australia. He is a psychiatrist at the Gold Coast Health, Australia. He is the Secretary of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Section on Psychiatry, Law and Ethics and the Regional Vice-President, Oceania, for the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) by the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in 2020, based on his doctoral thesis on 'human rights of people with mental disabilities'. He has published many academic papers on human rights, mental health law and Indigenous Australian social and emotional wellbeing.
Professor Norman Sartorius, MD, PhD, FRCPsych holdsprofessorial appointments at several universities in Europe, and the USA. He was the Director of the Mental Health Programme of the WHO, President of the World Psychiatric Association and of the European Psychiatric Association. He is currently President of the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes in Geneva. Currently his main interests are problems related to comorbidity of mental and physical disorders, the fight against stigma and the education of stakeholders (and in particular psychiatrists early in their career) in mental health care. He has published more than 500 articles in scientific journals and written, co-authored or edited more than 100 books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mental Health and Human Rights
Book Subtitle: The Challenges of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Mental Health Care
Editors: Neeraj Gill, Norman Sartorius
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52178-2Due: 18 June 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52181-2Due: 18 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-52179-9Due: 18 June 2024
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 193
Number of Illustrations: 17 illustrations in colour