Mental Health and Human Rights

The Challenges of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Mental Health Care

187 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Sustainable Development Goals Series
• ISBN: 9783031521812
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2025
• Genre: Medizin/Klinische Fächer
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Neeraj Gill, Norman Sartorius