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Book launch: Mental Health, Legal Capacity and Human Rights

- Lee-Anne Bruce

Join us for the virtual launch of "Mental Health, Legal Capacity and Human Rights" co-edited by CALS fellow Faraaz Mahomed

Edited by:

  • , Harvard Law School
  • , CALS, 91心頭利 University
  • , Harvard Medical School
  • , Global Mental Health Peer Network

Since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the interpretive General Comment 1, the topic of legal capacity in mental health settings has generated considerable debate in disciplines ranging from law and psychiatry to public health and public policy. With over 180 countries having ratified the Convention, the shifts required in law and clinical practice need to be informed by interdisciplinary and contextually relevant research as well as the views of stakeholders.  Integrating rigorous academic research with perspectives from people with psychosocial disabilities and their caregivers, the authors provide a holistic overview of pertinent issues and suggest avenues for reform.

  • Features contributors from twenty-one countries, providing an international perspective
  • Includes lived-experience accounts about legal capacity, supported decision-making, and involuntary mental health treatment
  • Offers insights into law reform, clinical protocols and practices, and areas for advocacy.

Date Published: September 2021

Full list of contributing authors:

Faraaz Mahomed, Michael Ashley Stein, Vikram Patel, Charlene Sunkel, Alicia Ely Yamin, Benjamin A. Barsky, Julie Hannah, Dainius P笛ras, Tina Minkowitz, Gerald L. Neuman, Laura Davidson, John Dawson, George Szmukler, Mrinalini Ravi, Barbara Regeer, Archana Padmakar, Vandana Gopikumar, Joske Bunders, Alberto V叩squez Encalada, Faisal Bhabha, Soumitra Pathare, Arjun Kapoor, Adrian D. Ward, Hel辿ne Combrinck, Enoch Chilemba, Elizabeth Kamundia, Ilze Grobbelaar-du Plessis, Bhargavi V. Davar, Kavita Pillai, Kimberly LaCroix, Ulrika J辰rkestig Berggren, Michelle Funk, Natalie Drew Bold, Joana Ansong, Daniel Chisholm, Melita Murko, Joyce Nato, Sally-ann Ohene, Jasmine Vergara, Edwina Zoghbi, Joel D. Corcoran, Cindy Hamersma, Steven Manning, Piers Gooding, Christopher Schnieders, Elyn R. Saks, Jonathan Martinis, Peter Blanck, Stephanie L. Smith, Andrew Turtle, Sylvio A Gravel, Iregi Mwenja, Marie Angele Abanga, Lydia X. Z. Brown, Shain M. Neumeier, Dorrit Cato Christensen, Aikaterini Nomidou, Kanna Sugiura, Sally Souraya, Sisay Abyaneh, Charlotte Hanlon, Laura Asher.

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