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Mental health legislation and human rights
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 49p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
Mental health legislation is necessary for protecting the rights of people with mental disorders, who are a vulnerable section of society. They face stigma, discrimination and marginalization in all societies, and this increases the likelihood that their human rightswill be violated. Mental disorders can sometimes affect people’s decision-making capacities and they may not always seek or accept treatment for their problems. Rarely, people with mental disorders may pose a risk to themselves and others because of impaired decision-making abilities. The risk of violence or harm associated with mental disorders is relatively small. Common misconceptions on this matter should not be allowed to influence mental health legislation. Mental health legislation can provide a legal framework for addressing critical issues such as the community integration of persons with mental disorders, the provision of care of high quality, the improvement of access to care, the protection of civil rights and the protection and promotion of rights in other critical areas such as housing, education and employment. Legislation can also play an important role in promoting mental health and preventing mental disorders. Mental health legislation is thus more than care and treatment legislation that is narrowly limited to the provision of treatment in institution-based health services. Part of a series on good practice in mental health care.
Advocacy for mental health
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 54p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
Mental health advocacy is a relatively new concept, developed with a view to reducing stigma and discrimination, and promoting the human rights of people with mental disorders. It consists of various actions aimed at changing the major structural and attitudinal barriers to achieving positive mental health outcomes in populations. This module draws attention to the importance of advocacy in mental health policy and service development. The roles of various mental health groups in advocacy are outlined. Practical steps are then recommended, indicating how ministries of health can support advocacy. Part of a series on good practice in mental health care.
Who can best protect patients' rights
- Author:
- GREGORY Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(10), October 2000, pp.366-367.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983 created three tiers: national, regional and local, for protecting the rights of patients under section, the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC), the mental health review tribunals (MHRTs) and the hospital managers. Although the Act was in many ways revolutionary, there have been a number of criticisms about the structures it created.
From care to compulsion?
- Author:
- STEELE Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.1.99, 1999, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines the government's new mental health strategy.
Patient advocacy in psychiatry: the Austrian and Dutch models
- Author:
- FORSTER Rudolf
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 41(2), April 1998, pp.155-168.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Advocacy has emerged as a key concept in the process of the modernisation of western psychiatry. This article combines a general discussion of the advocacy approach with an analysis of its application in practice. Two projects which are among the most advanced projects of professional advocacy in European mental health are used for discussion.
What can you expect?
- Author:
- MILLAR Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 20.7.95, 1995, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
There is strong support among trusts for a national mental health patients' charter.
Guidelines for a local charter for users of mental health services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive. Mental Health Task Force Users Group
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. National Health Service Executive. Mental H
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 14p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidelines developed from consultation with users and service providers. Designed as a framework for local people to discuss and adapt to create local charters.
Stronger code: better care. Government response to the Consultation on the Mental Health Act 1983: code of practice
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 90
- Place of publication:
- London
This document summarises responses and key theme identified from the consultation on revising the Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice. The consultation gave respondents an opportunity to evaluate how policies are being delivered and realised in practice, in areas including the use of restrictive interventions, seclusion, use of police powers to detain people in places of safety, and the use of community treatment orders. The consultation received almost 350 responses. Details are provide of the major changes made to the specific Code chapters and what respondents wanted to change, but have remained as they are. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental Health Act 1983: code of practice
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 457
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
This code of practice provides guidance to mental health professionals and other practitioners on how they should carry out their duties under the Mental Health Act. As well as providing guidance for professionals, the revised code of practice also guides patients, their families and carers on their rights. Chapters are grouped into seven areas: Using the Act; Protecting patient's rights and autonomy; Assessment, transport and admission to hospital; Additional considerations for the needs of specific patients; Care, support and treatment in hospital; Leaving hospital; and additional information for professional with specific responsibilities under the Act. Subjects covered in individual chapters include: the nearest relative; independent mental health advocates; mental capacity and deprivation of liberty; detention in hospital; police community treatment orders; guardianship; after care; and care programme approach. The code of practice will come into force on 1 April 2015, depending on Parliamentary approval. (Edited publisher abstract)
Interim guidance: implementing patients’ right to choose any clinically appropriate provider of mental health services
- Author:
- NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- NHS England
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- London
This interim guidance has been produced to help commissioners, GPs, and providers support patients' right to choose their providers of mental health services following their first referral an outpatient appointment (a legal right from 1 April 2014). This includes the right to choose from any provider which has a contract with any clinical commissioning group (CCG), not only the CCG responsible for that patient. The guidance outlines the types of mental health conditions and services subject to the right to choice and those excluded from the right to choice. Separate sections contain information for commissioners, GPs and providers. The guidance has been developed with input from commissioners, providers and GPs and other stakeholders. The interim guidance is open to consultation until 15 August 2014, after which the final version will be published. (Original abstract)