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Hospital discharge and human rights: a practitioner's guide
- Authors:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ST MARTIN TOURS HOUSING ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide covers human rights and discharging people from mental health hospitals and is aimed at practitioners supporting people before, during or after discharge. It aims to provide practitioners with the knowledge to use human rights in practice, to design and deliver rights-respecting services. It focuses on three key issues for hospital discharge: delayed discharge from hospital, premature discharge from hospital, and discharge into an appropriate setting. It aims to promote independence and well-being, in the least restrictive setting possible; promoting recovery; focusing on the needs and wishes of the person and promoting autonomy. The guide is part of a series of toolkits on mental health/capacity and should be read in conjunction with ‘Mental health, mental capacity and human rights: a practitioner's guide’. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health, mental capacity: my human rights
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information about how human rights can be used to help people with a mental health or mental capacity issue to have more control over their own life when using health and care services. It explains what human rights are, how individuals human rights are protected, and who has duties to uphold these rights. It focuses on five human rights most relevant to mental capacity and mental health care. These are: right to life; right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment; right to liberty; right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence; right to be free from discrimination when using your other rights in the Human Rights Act. It looks at how each human right applies in health and care services, how a right could be restricted and the duties public officials have to protect these rights. Real life examples are used to illustrate key points. The booklet has been co-produced with six other organisations as part of the project Care and Support: A Human Rights Approach to Advocacy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health, mental capacity: raising a human rights issue: workbook
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides advice to help people with a mental health or mental capacity issue using health and care services to advocate for their own human rights. It provides on how you can identify whether an issue you have with your care or treatment is a human rights issue, and if so, how to raise it using human rights. It contains tips and tools about how to use human rights to challenge poor practice or decisions about care or treatment. It also includes flowcharts to aid with decision making and outline the steps that can be taken to challenge and resolve the decision. Case examples illustrate how the flowcharts can be used. The booklet has been co-produced with six other organisations as part of the project Care and Support: A Human Rights Approach to Advocacy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health care for children and young people and human rights: a practitioners guide
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet providing advice for practitioners on using human rights values and approaches when working with children and young people in hospital mental health settings. It also contains relevant information for practitioners working with children and young people in the community. The booklet is arranged around three key issues: seclusion and de-escalation, which includes a decision making flow chart; supporting young people with eating disorders; and private and family life on the ward. Each section outlines potential human rights issues for practice; offers suggested responses which take a human rights approach; provides information about the key rights most likely to be relevant to that area of practice; and includes worked examples. Although produced for practitioners, it includes information that may also be useful for people using services, their family, carers or advocates. It is one of eight booklets developed as part of the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) project ‘Delivering Compassionate Care: Connecting Human Rights to the Frontline’, which aims to help ensure that frontline staff have the knowledge and skills to place human rights at the heart of mental health services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health early intervention and human rights: a practitioner's guide
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information for practitioners working in mental health early intervention services about using human rights values and approaches. It covers both mental health settings in hospital or in the community. It aims to give practitioners the knowledge and confidence to use human rights in practice to design and deliver rights-respecting early intervention services. It is arranged around three key issues for early intervention services: Medication and consent, which includes a decision-making flowchart; assertive outreach; and Community Treatment Orders. Each section outlines potential human rights issues for practice; offers suggested responses which take a human rights approach; provides information about the key rights most likely to be relevant to that area of practice; and worked examples. Although produced for practitioners, it includes information that may also be useful for people using mental health early intervention services, their family, carers or advocates. It is one of eight booklets developed as part of the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) project ‘Delivering Compassionate Care: Connecting Human Rights to the Frontline’, which aims to help ensure that frontline staff have the knowledge and skills to place human rights at the heart of mental health services. (Edited publisher abstract)