Mental Illness, Human Rights and the Law

Brendan D. Kelly
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Edition: UK ed., 6/1/2016
EAN 9781909726512, ISBN10: 1909726516

Hardcover, 272 pages, 24 x 16.3 x 1.9 cm
Language: English

This book explores the law relating to the right to liberty of people with mental illness and international human rights standards. It is also a manifesto for change, urging reconsideration of the protection and promotion of the human rights of people with mental illness. Covers all UK jurisdictions plus Ireland.

Acknowledgements
Foreword Tom Burn
Preface
1. Human rights and mental illness
2. Mental Health Acts 1983 and 2007
England and Wales
3. Fusing mental health and capacity legislation
Northern Ireland
4. Mental Health Act 2001
Ireland
5. The challenges of reform
Scotland
6. Structural violence, power and mental illness
7. Conclusions
fighting for rights
References.