Mental illness, discrimination and the law: fighting for social justice

This book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rightsand entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship. It presents the key issues succinctly and illustrates these with legislative examples from around the world. This bookdocuments the role that law can play, at all levels, in combating such discrimination and abuse. INDICE: Acknowledgements, ixGlossary, xiii1 Introduction, 11.1 Using the law in the fight for social justice, 11.2 Whom are we addressing?, 51.3 The history of this book, 71.4 How the book has been organised, 121.5 Terms used to describe mental health problems, 141.6 Our authorial voice(s), 16References, 172 Principles and Concepts, 192.1 The tension between advancing the rights of people with mental health problems and attitudes in society, 202.2 Law relatingto people with mental health problems: the historical context, 212.3 Discrimination, 242.4 General versus specific law, 362.5 Importance of enforcement, 392.6 Social model of disability, 412.7 Capacity and competence, 442.8 Human rights, 472.9 Stigma, discrimination and structural violence’, 522.10 Social justice, 542.11 What comes next?, 57References, 573 Civil and Political Participation, 633.1 Voting, 633.2 Jury service, 653.3 Measures intended to optimise civil and political participation, 66References, 694 Legal Capacity, Decision-making, Discriminatory Statutes and Practice, 714.1 Guardianship and the legal right to make decisions, 714.2 Discriminatory statutes and practice, 76References, 785 Work and the Workplace, 795.1 Mental health problems and labour force participation, 795.2 Intellectual disabilities and labour force participation, 815.3 Employment disability legislation, 82References, 866 Education, 896.1 United Nations Covenants and examples of country-based legislation, 90References, 957 Housing, 997.1 Discrimination in housing, 997.2 Examples of legislation,1007.3 Community living, 103References, 1068 Social Security and Social Protection, 1098.1 What are social security and social protection?, 1098.2 Social security and social protection for people with mental health problems, 1108.3 Elements of social protection/social services legislation, 1138.4 Implementation challenges, 1178.5 Examples of legislation, 119References, 1219 Health, Health Care and the Right to Health, 1259.1 Inferior access to mental health care,1259.2 Excess rates of co-morbidity and mortality, 1259.3 Diagnostic overshadowing’ and treatment overshadowing’, 1279.4 The right to health, 1289.5 Examples of legislation, 131References, 13210 Protection Against Abuse and Research Involving Vulnerable Populations, 13710.1 General considerations in research, 13910.2 The nature of vulnerability, 14010.3 Protection and remedies, 14110.4 The nature and quality of the investigation, 143References, 14611 Promotion ofMental Health and Prevention of Mental Illness, 14911.1 Public health approaches to promotion and prevention, 15011.2 UNCRPD in relation to mental health promotion and mental illness prevention, 15111.3 Examples of legislation, 15311.4 Other legislation to promote mental health and prevent mental illness, 156References, 15712 Implementation and Enforcement, 15912.1 Implementation plans and policies, 15912.2 Participation: professional groups, service user organisations and carer organisations, 16612.3 Inspections and visitation, 17012.4 Hearings, 17412.5 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), 17612.6 Other complaints mechanisms, 17912.7 Advocacy, 179References, 18113 Summary and Conclusions, 185References, 19014 International and Regional Instruments, Standards, Guidelines and Declarations, 19114.1 International instruments and standards, 19314.2 Regional human rights systems, treaties, conventions, charters and standards, 20314.3 Non-binding standards, guidelines and declarations, 21514.4 Full texts, 22015 Examples of Disability Legislation from Across the World, 29916Organisations and Resources, 30716.1 Legislation libraries and databases, 30716.2 World Health Organization literature and resource, 30816.3 Other intergovernmental organisations and resources, 31416.4 Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and resources, 317Index, 323

• ISBN: 978-1-119-95354-8
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 04/05/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés