This chapter focuses on the efforts of people who identify as users and survivors of
psychiatric services and people living with psychosocial disabilities to combat the largely …

As other scholars have noted, the creation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD) marked a paradigm shift in global disability politics. For the first time in …

The social model of disability (SMD) has hitherto not fully considered the nature and extent
of “sanism,” or psychiatric oppression, despite its emancipatory potential. Yet, there has …

This chapter will look at the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD) and continue to ask whether or not mental health service-user/survivors …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to update the Global Model of Public Mental Health
(GMPMH) in light of the WHO QualityRights project. Design/methodology/approach–Being …

Mental disorders are ubiquitous, profoundly disabling and people suffering from them
frequently endure the worst conditions of life. In recent decades both mental health and …

Abstract The Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH) has been met with criticism for
reifying Western conceptions of mental disorders and diverting resources from the …

Disabled advocates' work has resulted in many domestic and international laws enshrining
equal rights to access, opportunity, and inclusion, yet implementation lags far behind. Even …

This research project began as my effort to demonstrate that" mad liberation" was indeed
qualified to be called a social movement in the sociological lexicon. As the work has …

Abstract The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
came into force in 2006 and brings mental health issues more forcefully than ever before …