In December 2018, an independent review of the 1983 Mental Health Act of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concluded that reforms were needed to …

This article argues that a more realistic view should be taken of the implications of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for mental health law than the view …

Social work has long taken a pragmatic approach to involuntary mental health treatment,
attempting to reconcile social work values and ethics with the perceived need for involuntary …

BackgroundStakeholders worldwide increasingly acknowledge the need to address
coercive practices in mental healthcare. Options have been described and evaluated in …

Many countries embarked on reforms of mental health law in the wake of the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These reforms have had varying levels of success …

Seclusion and restraint are interventions that are used in many mental health services and
other settings to control or manage a person's behaviour. The European Committee for the …

Abstract The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)(CRPD) has been
instrumental for initiating and shaping the reform of mental health legislation in many …

The CRPD challenges traditional mental health legislation as it states that 'persons with
disabilities have the right to equal recognition before the law'(article 12);'the existence of a …

Objective: The objective of this article is to set out consensus guidelines for the assessment
and management of “suicidal patients” in the emergency department. Conclusions …

Trends in international human rights law have challenged States globally to rethink
involuntary mental health interventions from a non-discrimination perspective. The United …