This training manual focuses on: community care entitlement legislation, case law and relevant guidance; negligence and complaints procedures; discrimination and mental health: the survivor’s perspective; incapacity and decision making voluntary and involuntary admission – the Code of Practice ; mentally disordered offenders; consent to treatment and treatment without consent ; routes out of hospital, including Mental Health Review Tribunals' and the Human Rights Act.
This training manual focuses on: community care entitlement legislation, case law and relevant guidance; negligence and complaints procedures; discrimination and mental health: the survivor’s perspective; incapacity and decision making voluntary and involuntary admission – the Code of Practice ; mentally disordered offenders; consent to treatment and treatment without consent ; routes out of hospital, including Mental Health Review Tribunals' and the Human Rights Act.
Subject terms:
informed consent, mental health care, mental health law, mental health problems, mentally disordered offenders, rights, survivors, advocacy, complaints, discrimination;
Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 4(1/2), 2005, pp.121-151.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
The author provides an overview of the key components of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A discussion is offered on why and how persons with disabilities are discriminated against. The standard stereotypes often heard about persons with disabilities are offered. Critical United States Supreme Court decisions are presented; these decisions have greatly limited the power of the ADA in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. Even though the United States Supreme Court has narrowed the impact of the ADA in American life, a number of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cases are presented, suggesting this federal agency is attempting to protect persons with disabilities against discrimination. The final part of the paper deals with the topic of advocacy; advocacy may well be one of the most effective tools to help insure that the rights of people with disabilities are protected in the 21st century. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
The author provides an overview of the key components of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A discussion is offered on why and how persons with disabilities are discriminated against. The standard stereotypes often heard about persons with disabilities are offered. Critical United States Supreme Court decisions are presented; these decisions have greatly limited the power of the ADA in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. Even though the United States Supreme Court has narrowed the impact of the ADA in American life, a number of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cases are presented, suggesting this federal agency is attempting to protect persons with disabilities against discrimination. The final part of the paper deals with the topic of advocacy; advocacy may well be one of the most effective tools to help insure that the rights of people with disabilities are protected in the 21st century. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, legal proceedings, mental health problems, physical disabilities, social welfare law, stereotyped attitudes, advocacy, discrimination;
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(3), November 2000, pp.80-82.
Publisher:
Pavilion
Discusses how mental health workers can tackle stigma and discrimination attached to metal illness.
Discusses how mental health workers can tackle stigma and discrimination attached to metal illness.
Subject terms:
intervention, learning disabilities, mental health problems, mental health services, quality of life, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, advocacy, attitudes, discrimination;
Explains why gay-specific advocacy is needed in mental health.
Explains why gay-specific advocacy is needed in mental health.
Subject terms:
lesbians, mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, needs, patients, rights, service users, sexuality, social care provision, advocacy, discrimination, gay men;