Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
DISCUSSION: Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.PMID:37738688 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Florian Hotzy Manuela Spiess Regula Ruflin Andres Schneeberger Rafael Traber St éphane Morandi Matthias Jaeger Anastasia Theodoridou Source Type: research

Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
DISCUSSION: Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.PMID:37738688 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Florian Hotzy Manuela Spiess Regula Ruflin Andres Schneeberger Rafael Traber St éphane Morandi Matthias Jaeger Anastasia Theodoridou Source Type: research

Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
DISCUSSION: Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.PMID:37738688 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Florian Hotzy Manuela Spiess Regula Ruflin Andres Schneeberger Rafael Traber St éphane Morandi Matthias Jaeger Anastasia Theodoridou Source Type: research

Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
DISCUSSION: Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.PMID:37738688 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Florian Hotzy Manuela Spiess Regula Ruflin Andres Schneeberger Rafael Traber St éphane Morandi Matthias Jaeger Anastasia Theodoridou Source Type: research

Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
DISCUSSION: Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.PMID:37738688 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Florian Hotzy Manuela Spiess Regula Ruflin Andres Schneeberger Rafael Traber St éphane Morandi Matthias Jaeger Anastasia Theodoridou Source Type: research

Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
DISCUSSION: Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.PMID:37738688 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Florian Hotzy Manuela Spiess Regula Ruflin Andres Schneeberger Rafael Traber St éphane Morandi Matthias Jaeger Anastasia Theodoridou Source Type: research

Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

Association between perceived coercion and perceived level of information in involuntarily admitted patients: Results from a multicenter observational study in Switzerland
DISCUSSION: Legislation in Switzerland requires that patients with IA be informed about the procedure. Strategies to improve patients' understanding of the information given to them about IA might be helpful to reduce perceived coercion, which is known to be associated with negative attitudes towards psychiatry, a disturbed therapeutic relationship, avoidance of psychiatry, and the risk of further coercion.PMID:37738688 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101934 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Florian Hotzy Manuela Spiess Regula Ruflin Andres Schneeberger Rafael Traber St éphane Morandi Matthias Jaeger Anastasia Theodoridou Source Type: research

Multi-level protection of rights: India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 and the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 12 and 14)
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 20;91:101937. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health law is a feature of mental health systems around the world, so legislative reform is an important way to advance compliance with the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper provides an overview of India's Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 in the context of Articles 12 ('Equal recognition before the law') and 14 ('Liberty and security of person'). Notwithstanding the potential of law to produce change, exclusive or disproportionate emphasis on law draws attentio...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - September 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research