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van Dorn, Aaron. "Mental health and human rights." Lancet Psychiatry 3, no. 12 (December 2016): 1108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(16)30364-9.

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Dhanda, Amita, and Thelma Narayan. "Mental health and human rights." Lancet 370, no. 9594 (October 2007): 1197–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61247-1.

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Findlay, L. "Human rights and mental health." British Journal of Psychiatry 183, no. 1 (July 2003): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.183.1.77.

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Williams, Brian. "Human rights and mental health." Journal of Adult Protection 5, no. 3 (September 2003): 47–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14668203200300027.

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Green, Chris. "Mental health care and human rights." Mental Health Practice 4, no. 4 (December 1, 2000): 8–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/mhp.4.4.8.s10.

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Lepping, Peter. "Human rights and mental health services." Psychiatric Bulletin 28, no. 4 (April 2004): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.28.4.149-a.

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Freckelton QC, Ian. "Mental health treatment and human rights." Alternative Law Journal 44, no. 2 (May 12, 2019): 91–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969x19848903.

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Johns, Fleur, Mary Crock, and Damien Freeman. "Migration, mental health, and human rights." International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 27, no. 6 (November 2004): 505–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2004.09.002.

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Ventura, Carla Aparecida Arena. "Mental Health and Human Rights: Brazil and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Jurisprudence." International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 25, no. 2 (May 16, 2018): 236–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718115-02502009.

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International human rights instruments are important to mental health as a source of international scrutiny of mental health policies and practices. Nevertheless, people with mental illnesses continue to have their rights violated in different settings and situations. The aim of this research was to bring to light human rights violations targeting persons with mental illness judged by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), focusing on countries that ratified or adhered to the American Convention on Human Rights and accepted the jurisdiction of IACHR. Data were collected at the IACHR site through the reading of the Court’s judgments. The research resulted in the case of Damião Ximenes Lopes v. Brazil, which was analysed based on the international and regional human rights framework, specifically focusing on the right to health and mental health, highlighting the intersection between this framework and the mental health law, policies and services in Brazil.
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Patton, Declan. "Mental Health: Global Policies and Human Rights." International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 14, no. 1 (March 2005): 66–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00358.x.

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MUÑOZ, RODRIGO A. "Mental Health Global Policies and Human Rights." American Journal of Psychiatry 162, no. 6 (June 2005): 1238—a—1239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ajp.162.6.1238-a.

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McCann, Adam P. "A Human Rights Emergency in Mental Health." European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance 6, no. 4 (December 2, 2019): 333–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134514-00604003.

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Katterl, Simon. "Regulatory oversight, mental health and human rights." Alternative Law Journal 46, no. 2 (May 4, 2021): 149–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969x211013123.

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Regulatory oversight is crucial to ensure human rights are protected in closed environments. In Victoria, evidence continues to surface that suggests oversight of the public mental health system is failing consumers. There are, however, several lessons for regulators on how to ensure consumers enjoy equal protection of the law.
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Eaton, Julian. "Human rights-based approaches to mental health legislation and global mental health." BJPsych International 16, no. 02 (May 2, 2018): 37–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2018.5.

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Globally, established practice in mental health services has tended to be codified into law in ways that are paternalistic, seeking to make decisions for patients that presume ‘best interest’ and which ultimately place power in the hands of medical authority. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – which has been widely ratified globally – challenges these assumptions, instead placing the expressed will and preference of patients as the most important factor in decision-making, including treatment and consent to admission. The contradictions between these approaches cause profound challenges in legislation reform, but a human rights framework offers the potential for a paradigm shift in the way that people are treated in services, and in exploration of alternative practices that promise a more humane and dignified future for mental health care.
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Kelly, Brendan D. "Dignity, human rights and the limits of mental health legislation." Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 31, no. 2 (June 2014): 75–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2014.22.

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A right is an entitlement that one may legally or morally claim. Human rights are of particular importance in mental health care owing to the existence of laws that permit involuntary admission and treatment under certain circumstances, and compelling evidence of persistent social exclusion of some individuals with mental disorder. Ireland’s mental health legislation, which is currently under review, meets most international human rights standards in areas of traditional concern (involuntary admission and treatment) but not in other areas (especially social and economic rights). These deficits would be addressed, at least in part, by replacing the principle of ‘best interests’ with the principle of ‘dignity’ as the over-arching principle in Irish mental health legislation. Such a change would help ensure that decisions made under the legislation actively facilitate individuals with mental disorder to exercise their capabilities, help promote human rights and protect dignity. Even following such a reform, however, it is neither practical nor realistic to expect mental health legislation alone to protect and promote all of the broader rights of individuals with mental disorder, especially social and economic rights. Some rights are better protected, and some needs better met, through social policy, mental health policy and broader societal awareness and reform.
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Arboleda-Flórez, Julio. "Mental illness and human rights." Current Opinion in Psychiatry 21, no. 5 (September 2008): 479–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/yco.0b013e328305e47e.

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Kronick, Rachel, G. Eric Jarvis, and Laurence J. Kirmayer. "Refugee mental health and human rights: A challenge for global mental health." Transcultural Psychiatry 58, no. 2 (March 31, 2021): 147–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13634615211002690.

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This article introduces a thematic issue of Transcultural Psychiatry that presents recent work that deepens our understanding of the refugee experience—from the forces of displacement, through the trajectory of migration, to the challenges of resettlement. Mental health research on refugees and asylum seekers has burgeoned over the past two decades with epidemiological studies, accounts of the lived experience, new conceptual frameworks, and advances in understanding of effective treatment and intervention. However, there are substantial gaps in available research, and important ethical and methodological challenges. These include: the need to adopt decolonizing, participatory methods that amplify refugee voices; the further development of frameworks for studying the broad impacts of forced migration that go beyond posttraumatic stress disorder; and more translational research informed by longitudinal studies of the course of refugee adaptation. Keeping a human rights advocacy perspective front and center will allow researchers to work in collaborative ways with both refugee communities and receiving societies to develop innovative mental health policy and practice to meet the urgent need for a global response to the challenge of forced migration, which is likely to grow dramatically in the coming years as a result of the impacts of climate change.
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Iliadis, Christos, Aikaterini Frantzana, Aikaterini Kourkouta, and Petros Ouzounakis. "HUMAN RIGHTS OF MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS." Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal 2, no. 2 (November 19, 2019): 31–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.32437/mhgcj-2019(2).51.

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Introduction: Mental health is the development of a person's healthy view ofthemselves and the environment in which they live, so that they can achieve thehighest degree of self-fulfillment. Purpose: The purpose of the present work is toinvestigate and highlight the rights of the mentally ill and to promote and promotethe health of these patients. Methodology: The study material consisted of articleson the topic found in Greek and international databases such as: Google Scholar,Mednet, Pubmed, Medline and the Hellenic Academic Libraries Association(HEAL-Link), using keywords: mental illness, patient rights, health professionals. Results: The rights of mental patients and their exercise in a meaningful andeffective manner is a dynamic process that encompasses the corresponding rightsand obligations of mental health professionals. An important legal effort to protectthe rights of the mentally ill is Resolution 46/119 of the United Nations GeneralAssembly on the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and Improving MentalHealth Care, adopted on 17 December 1991. Conclusions: The exercise of therights of the mentally ill requires their encouragement from mental healthprofessionals, who are essentially obliged to refrain from restrictive practices.
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Lewis, Lydia. "Introduction: Mental Health and Human Rights: Social Policy and Sociological Perspectives." Social Policy and Society 8, no. 2 (April 2009): 211–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746408004739.

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Recognition of the effects of social, economic, political and cultural conditions on mental health and the personal, social and economic costs of a growing global mental health crisis (WHO, 2001; EC, 2005) mean that mental health and well-being are a current feature of social policy agendas at UK, European and world levels, with debate increasingly becoming framed in human rights terms. In the UK, policy drives to address social exclusion and health inequalities as key social and economic rights issues have encompassed attention to mental health and distress (DoH, 2003; Social Exclusion Unit, 2004) and mental health has been identified as a priority area for the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (Diamond, 2007; DRC, 2007). At the European level too, rights-based social policy approaches to promoting social cohesion (European Committee for Social Cohesion, 2004) and policy directives on the ‘right to health’ (Commission of the European Communities, 2007) have been centrally concerned with mental health and well-being, and have been accompanied by a European strategy on mental health for the EU (EC, 2005). At a global level, the World Health Organisation has declared enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health to be a fundamental human right (WHO, 2006). It has launched a new appeal on mental health which draws attention to the impact of human rights violations and cites social isolation, poor quality of life, stigma and discrimination as central issues for those with mental health needs (Dhanda and Narayan, 2007; Horton, 2007; WHO, 2007).
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Bindman, Jonathan, Samantha Maingay, and George Szmukler. "The Human Rights Act and mental health legislation." British Journal of Psychiatry 182, no. 2 (February 2003): 91–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.182.2.91.

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BRODY, EUGENE B. "Human Rights and Mental Health in Historical Context." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 189, no. 12 (December 2001): 807–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005053-200112000-00001.

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Anand, Meenu. "Mental health and human rights: An Indian inquiry." Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry 37, no. 2 (2021): 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_187_20.

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Maphisa, J. Maphisa. "Mental health legislation in Botswana." BJPsych International 16, no. 03 (September 11, 2018): 68–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2018.24.

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The Mental Disorders Act of 1969 is the primary legislation relating to mental health in Botswana. Despite the country not being a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, its Act has a self-rated score of four out of five on compliance to human rights covenants. However, it can be argued that the Act does not adequately espouse a human rights- and patient-centred approach to legislation. It is hoped that ongoing efforts to revise the Act will address the limitations discussed in this article.
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Abdul-Hamid, Walid. "The Mental Health Workshop in the Human Rights Convention." Psychiatric Bulletin 20, no. 10 (October 1996): 617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.20.10.617.

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Between the 15 and 17 of June 1995, Liberty and other organisations concerned with human rights coordinated the Human Rights Convention. This gathering examined the meaning of human rights, why they matter, and how they could be strengthened. In the full programme there was a workshop on mental health. This workshop examined how mental health legislation and practices affect the human rights of psychiatric service users.
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Tobin, John. "International human rights law and mental illness." Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 24, no. 1 (March 2007): 31–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0790966700010144.

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AbstractThe Irish State has been party to a collection of international treaties and declarations that directly affect the care of those who suffer from mental disorders. These documents set up what are considered as minimum core standards that outline the standard of care that should be provided as a basic human right. This article reviews the relevant sections of these documents and reflects as to how they have been applied in Ireland. International conventions, which have the status of a treaty, are monitored and interpreted by various commissions and committees. This article draws on the comments of these bodies as to how a state should provide for those with mental illness. Areas such as the rights of children who are mentally ill and those who are detained by the state are examined in detail. Other areas covered are the right to the highest attainable level of mental health care, the right not to be subjected to a clinical trial, equal access to mental health care, and the right to be safeguarded against unjust involuntary detention.
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Onocko-Campos, Rosana, Larry Davidson, and Manuel Desviat. "Mental health and human rights: Challenges for health services and communities." Salud Colectiva 17 (April 24, 2021): e3488. http://dx.doi.org/10.18294/sc.2021.3488.

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The care of people with mental health problems requires health system and service reforms to build up proper mental health care. The challenges of the present moment continue to be immense. The viral pandemic that we are experiencing has exposed the fragility of our health and social services and certified the inequality and precariousness of the living conditions of many people. The collection of articles published in the journal Salud Colectiva as part of the open call for papers “Mental health and human rights: challenges for health services and communities,” includes articles from Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Chile. These papers present conceptual experiences and reflections on community action plans and programs, contributing toward better knowledge and development of mental health in the region.
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Panday, Rishi, and Prashant Srivastava. "HUMAN RIGHTS AS A PATHWAY IN MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGS." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 5, no. 1 (January 31, 2017): 258–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i1.2017.1888.

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Mental health is an issue which touches the lives of many people worldwide. This often affects not only the person themselves but also their family and friends. The way in which society deals with mental health issues raises many human rights points for example in relation to service provision, treatment, assessment and civil detention, protection and empowerment. The simplest way of defining human rights is that they are about balancing the inalienable rights of all of us as human beings within the community regardless of differences in birth, social origin, gender, physical differences, faith and belief, ideology, nationality and so on. There can be no disagreement with the universally acclaimed truth that human dignity is the quintessence of human rights. This article shows lights on concept of human rights and to know how it is a pathway in mental health settings.
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Hale, Brenda. "The Human Rights Act and Mental Health Law: Has it Helped?" International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law 1, no. 15 (September 5, 2014): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.19164/ijmhcl.v1i15.196.

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<p align="LEFT">This article focusses on two questions in relation to the interplay of the Human Rights Act and the Mental Health Law: the right to choose, and the process of compulsion.</p>
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Devitt, P., and B. D. Kelly. "A human rights foundation for ethical mental health practice." Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 36, no. 1 (November 21, 2016): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2016.44.

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There are close links between clinical ethics, human rights and the lived experience of mental illness and mental health care. Principles of professional ethics, national mental health legislation and international human rights conventions all address these themes in various ways. Even so, there are substantial deviations from acceptable standards at certain times, resulting in significant violations of rights in the developing and developed worlds. An explicitly human rights-based approach has improved matters in, for example, Scotland. External drivers of change, such as legislation, standards, codes of practice, inspections and sanctions for violations, are all needed. Attitudes and culture are also critical drivers of change. Most importantly, the principles and values of ethical, human rights-based professional practice need be taught and modelled throughout professional careers. Ongoing training in this area should form a central element of programmes of continuing professional development, delivered by people with expertise and understanding, including service users.
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Ratschen, Elena, Ann McNeill, Gillian A. Doody, and John Britton. "Smoking, mental health, and human rights: a UK judgment." Lancet 371, no. 9630 (June 2008): 2067–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(08)60898-3.

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Lewis, Lydia. "Some Useful Sources on Mental Health and Human Rights." Social Policy and Society 8, no. 2 (April 2009): 287–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s147474640800479x.

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Contributors to this themed section have referred to a range of sources on mental health and human rights, particularly those offering social policy and sociological perspectives. The sources below offer an elaboration of some key citations and some additional references and web sites on this theme which may be of particular interest to a social policy readership.
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Rees, Neil. "International Human Rights and Mental Health Review Tribunals Obligations." Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 10, no. 1 (August 1, 2003): 33–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/132187103322299863.

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Rees, Neil. "International Human Rights Obligations and Mental Health Review Tribunals." Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 10, no. 1 (June 2003): 33–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/pplt.2003.10.1.33.

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Puras, Dainius, and Piers Gooding. "Mental health and human rights in the 21st century." World Psychiatry 18, no. 1 (January 2, 2019): 42–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wps.20599.

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Richardson, Barbara. "Mental health law and the Human Rights Act 1998." Nursing and Residential Care 4, no. 2 (February 2002): 64–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2002.4.2.9219.

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McCulloch, Andrew. "Book Review: Mental Health: Global Policies and Human Rights." Mental Health Review Journal 9, no. 3 (September 2004): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13619322200400032.

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GOSTIN, LAWRENCE O. "Beyond Moral Claims: A Human Rights Approach in Mental Health." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 10, no. 3 (June 29, 2001): 264–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180101003061.

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Human rights law is a powerful, but often neglected, tool in advancing the rights and freedoms of persons with mental disabilities. International law may seem marginal or unimportant in developed countries with democratic and constitutional systems of their own. Yet, even democracies often resist reform of mental health law and policy, and domestic courts do not always compel changes necessary for the rights and welfare of persons with mental disabilities. Additionally, human rights are obviously important for countries without democratic and constitutional systems because they may provide the only genuine safeguard against abuse of persons with mental disabilities ostensibly based on political, social, or cultural justifications.
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Rush, Gavin, and Declan Lyons. "Universal rights and mental illness in Ireland." Psychiatric Bulletin 28, no. 4 (April 2004): 114–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.28.4.114.

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The human rights group Amnesty International has recently expanded the range of rights it promotes to include the right of persons with mental illness to enjoy the best available mental health care. The Irish section of Amnesty has launched a report and promotional campaign on the rights of persons with mental illness, using internationally recognised norms of best practice reflected in international conventions that generate binding legal obligations of the Irish state. The report is critical of piecemeal reforms and inadequate resourcing of mental health services, and calls for a more comprehensive implementation of the recommendations of domestic and international reports.
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Pūras, D. "Human rights and mental health care – Can we find a common ground?" European Psychiatry 33, S1 (March 2016): S3—S4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.117.

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Future of psychiatry is discussed in the context of modern human rights principles, evidence-based policies and sustainable development goals.After international community agreed on sustainable development goals to be reached by 2030, there is a good opportunity to address mental health as a priority and to substantially invest in promotion of mental health and emotional well-being.Psychiatry, as an influential specialty, needs to reconsider its strategy in this context, and to rethink strengths and weaknesses of its role and image.Protection of dignity and human rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities, in the post-CRPD framework, should become a priority for psychiatry. Common ground for search of a new consensus between different views on non-consensual treatment in psychiatry could be equilibrium within the principles of “first, do no harm”, “right to treatment” and “no hierarchy within human rights”. For mental healthcare practice, this would mean that good intentions to provide evidence-based interventions do not justify the use of force and deprivation of liberty which threatens dignity and universal human rights principles.Psychiatry, while rethinking future directions, should critically reconsider its current focus on neurobiological paradigm and tradition of using force in the name of medicine and social control. These two paradigms, traditionally perceived as strengths of psychiatry and sources of its power, are now too often misused and increasingly discussed as lacking evidence, ignoring human rights and thus threatening image of psychiatry. Instead, psychiatry could consider accepting post-CRPD challenge as a unique opportunity for change, through strengthening strategic alliance with human rights mechanisms, social sciences, general and community medicine, modern public health approach and users’ perspective.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.
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Campbell, Emma Jean, and Emily Jean Steel. "Mental distress and human rights of asylum seekers." Journal of Public Mental Health 14, no. 2 (June 15, 2015): 43–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmh-06-2013-0040.

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Purpose – This paper studies the experiences of asylum seekers in Australia. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between mental wellbeing, living conditions, and Australia’s detention policies in light of human rights. Design/methodology/approach – Using grounded theory, data were collected via observations, semi-structured interviews, key-informant interviews, and document analysis. Participants included seven asylum seekers and three professionals working with them. Findings – In light of a human rights framework, this paper reports on the mental distress suffered by asylum seekers in detention, the environments of constraint in which they live, and aspects of detention centre policy that contribute to these environments. The findings highlight a discrepancy between asylum seekers’ experiences under immigration detention policy and Australia’s human rights obligations. Research limitations/implications – This research indicates human rights violations for asylum seekers in detention in Australia. This research project involved a small number of participants and recommends systemic review of the policy and practices that affect asylum seekers’ mental health including larger numbers of participants. Consideration is made of alternatives to detention as well as improving detention centre conditions. The World Health Organization’s Quality Rights Tool Kit might provide the basis for a framework to review Australia’s immigration detention system with particular focus on the poor mental wellbeing of asylum seekers in detention. Originality/value – This study links international human rights law and Australian immigration detention policies and practices with daily life experiences of suffering mental distress within environments of constraint and isolation. It identifies asylum seekers as a vulnerable population with respect to human rights and mental wellbeing. Of particular value is the inclusion of asylum seekers themselves in interviews.
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Bartlett, Peter. "Capacity, Treatment and Human Rights." International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law 1, no. 10 (September 4, 2014): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.19164/ijmhcl.v1i10.146.

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<strong><strong></strong></strong><p align="LEFT"><em>R (on the application of PS) v. G (RMO) and W (SOAD) [2003] EWHC 2335 (Admin). Administrative Court (10th October 2003) Mr. Justice Silber.</em></p><p align="LEFT">This is the most recent in a series of cases regarding the scope of the Human Rights Act and compulsory treatment under the Mental Health Act 1983. In particular, this case concerns the right of a competent patient detained under section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) to refuse anti-psychotic medication, and the scope of articles 3, 8 and 14 of the ECHR.</p>
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Poštuvan, V., P. M. Constantinescu, V. Jilek, A. Digil, and D. Radusinovic. "Human rights in mental health: Changing attitudes through raising awareness." European Psychiatry 26, S2 (March 2011): 565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72272-6.

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IntroductionIndividuals with mental health problems, especially those hospitalized in mental health institutions, are particularly vulnerable to violations of their Human Rights. There are a number of special laws and regulations in different European countries and on the international level regarding the rights of people with mental health problems, however there are many instances in which their rights continue to be violated. In order to respect their Human Rights, it is necessary to study and to address the negative attitudes that the general (or even professional) public may hold toward the people with such problems.AimsThis research aims to reveal and compare the attitudes toward mentally ill people in different countries (Romania, Czech Republic, Nigeria and Serbia). Also, within the project we will develop a workshop to address these attitudes.MethodsThe Opinion about Mental Illness Scale (OMI) for measuring attitudes was used. We used the pre-post study design to evaluate changes of attitudes because of the involvement in the intervention workshop. Students in the area of psychology, medicine or similar or general public took place in 90-minutes workshop, which was developed from the stories of people suffering from mental illnesses (e.g. schizophrenia), and their family perceptions and attitudes.Results and conclusionsThe pilot study showed a great acceptance of this kind of interventions among students. Besides, the structure of the workshop, the response of the audience, participation rate and first results of the evaluation will be presented.
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Ramsay, Rosalind. "Human rights and psychiatry." Psychiatric Bulletin 16, no. 3 (March 1992): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.16.3.161.

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Physicians for Human Rights (PHR UK) is an independent group of doctors and health professionals launched two years ago by Drs Ian Munroe, former editor of the Lancet and Peter Kandela, a Middlesex GP. The group's aim is to direct the influence of the medical profession towards the defence of human rights, most immediately by bringing the skills of the medical profession to the aid of victims of human rights abuses (Hall, 1991).
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Rekhis, Mayssa, Abir Ben Hamouda, Sami Ouanes, and Rym Rafrafi. "Rights of people with mental disorders: Realities in healthcare facilities in Tunisia." International Journal of Social Psychiatry 63, no. 5 (June 15, 2017): 439–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764017712301.

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Background: Mental disorders have been associated worldwide with human rights’ violations. Controversially, many occur in mental health facilities. Aim: This work aimed to assess the rights of people with mental disorders in healthcare facilities in Tunisia. Methods: A cross-sectional study, using the World Health Organization (WHO) quality-rights toolkit, assessed the human rights levels of achievement in Elrazi Hospital, the only psychiatric hospital in Tunisia, in comparison with the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN). The framework was the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The assessment was carried through observation, documentation review, and interviews with service users, staff, and family members. The sample was composed of 113 interviewees. Results: In Elrazi Hospital, three out of the five evaluated rights were assessed as only initiated: the right to an adequate standard of living, to exercise legal capacity and to be free from inhuman treatment. By comparison, these rights were partially achieved in the NIN. The right to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health was partially achieved and the right to live independently and to be included in the community was not even initiated. These last two rights were at the same level of achievement in the NIN. Conclusion: Significant improvements are needed to adapt the practice in Elrazi Hospital to comply with human rights, especially since the achievement level of these rights is lower than in a non-psychiatric hospital. Our study emphasizes the importance of spreading the CRPD as a standardized framework.
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Rekhis, Mayssa, Sami Ouanes, Abir Ben Hamouda, and Rym Rafrafi. "Human rights of people with mental illness diagnosis: perceptions among service users, family members and health professionals in Tunisia." Journal of Public Mental Health 20, no. 3 (April 8, 2021): 182–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmh-06-2020-0075.

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Purpose This study aims to assess the awareness about the rights of people with mental illness in the main psychiatric hospital in Tunisia among the service users, the family members and the staff. Design/methodology/approach The Convention of Rights of People with Disabilities mandates that State Parties initiate and maintain campaigns and human rights training to promote understanding of the rights of people with mental illnesses, considered as a main factor for their fulfillment. Service users, family members and staff evaluated, through a survey, the importance of ten rights for persons with mental illness, stated in the convention. Findings Disparities were found in the perception of the different rights by and between the three groups. The highest levels of awareness were associated with the freedom from torture or degrading treatment and the right to live with dignity and respect, whereas the lower importance were assigned to the right to participation in recovery plans, to give consent and to exercise legal capacity. Originality/value The lack of awareness and the poor perception of rights of people with mental illness is one of the barriers to their achievement. More training and awareness raising is necessary.
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van Voren, Robert. "Mental health and human rights in Russia—a flawed relationship." Lancet 390, no. 10102 (September 2017): 1613–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32402-9.

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Kelly, Brendan D. "Mental health and human rights: challenges for a new millennium." Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 18, no. 4 (December 2001): 114–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0790966700006571.

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Cooper, Sara, Joshua Ssebunnya, Fred Kigozi, Crick Lund, Alan Flisher, and The MHaPP Research Programme Consor. "Viewing Uganda's mental health system through a human rights lens." International Review of Psychiatry 22, no. 6 (December 2010): 578–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2010.536151.

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Dickens, Geoffrey, and Philip Sugarman. "Interpretation and knowledge of human rights in mental health practice." British Journal of Nursing 17, no. 10 (May 2008): 664–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2008.17.10.29483.

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Holtz, Timothy H., Peter Salama, Barbara Lopes Cardozo, and Carol A. Gotway. "Mental health status of human rights workers, Kosovo, June 2000." Journal of Traumatic Stress 15, no. 5 (October 2002): 389–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1020133308188.

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