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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

Register here for our Virtual Book Launch Event on 8 October 2021 from 10:00 – 11:15 ET / 16:00 – 17:15 SAST

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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. With an equal emphasis on the Global North and Global South, this volume offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of legal capacity in the realm of mental health. 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

Click here to visit Cambridge University Press and read more information about the publication

Full list of contributing authors:

Faraaz Mahomed, Michael Ashley Stein, Vikram Patel, Charlene Sunkel, Alicia Ely Yamin, Benjamin A. Barsky, Julie Hannah, Dainius Pūras, Tina Minkowitz, Gerald L. Neuman, Laura Davidson, John Dawson, George Szmukler, Mrinalini Ravi, Barbara Regeer, Archana Padmakar, Vandana Gopikumar, Joske Bunders, Alberto Vásquez Encalada, Faisal Bhabha, Soumitra Pathare, Arjun Kapoor, Adrian D. Ward, Heléne Combrinck, Enoch Chilemba, Elizabeth Kamundia, Ilze Grobbelaar-du Plessis, Bhargavi V. Davar, Kavita Pillai, Kimberly LaCroix, Ulrika J?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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