This article discusses initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing 'coercive practices' in
mental health and community settings worldwide, including in hospitals in high‐income …

Thus far, the concept of epistemic injustice in the context of psychiatry has been discussed
more widely by clinical academics than by authors with personal experience of …

Through theoretical and empirical examination of legal frameworks for court diversion, this
book interrogates law's complicity in the debilitation of disabled people. In a post …

This article explores the value of archives in increasing the representation of disabled
people in social policy, and research narratives, as well as building an identity of the …

El presente trabajo aborda la necesidad de adecuar de la legislación nacional en lo que
dice relación con la capacidad para ejercer derechos por parte de las personas con …

Background Making decisions about feelings and relationships is a challenge for many
people with intellectual disabilities (ID). The aim of this article is to explore their opinions …

This paper presents a user/survivor researcher perspective to the debate among
psychiatrists on the suggested introduction of Community Treatment Orders in Ireland …

In this article, we present findings from a participatory action-research program in France on
the exercise of human rights and supported and substitute decision-making, inspired by the …

Participation in activities and places within public space has been linked to numerous health
benefits and yet, little is known about participation among older people with and without …

Mental health law is undergoing a transformation. The United Nations Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) shed new light on the unequal restrictions on the …