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The two most important notions concerning the rights of people with mental illnesses are among the most neglected: the first is that human rights and duties are complementary and that both must be considered in constructing a framework for mental health care. The second is that we must strive for equity in developing mental health programmes. This text addresses both these notions. It provides the background and the facts about fulfilment of needs and the protection of human rights of people with mental illnesses.

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Author:   José Guimón ,  Norman Sartorius
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2001 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.160kg
ISBN:  

9780306466748

ISBN 10:   0306466740
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   31 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I: Discrimination against Mental Patients.- 1. Mental Illness and Equity: Matters Conceptual.- 2. Madness, Evil and Reason: Matters Historical.- 3. Positive Bias: The Myth of the “Crazy Genius”.- 4. Negative Bias: Dangerousness and Incompetence.- 5. Prejudices in the General Population.- 6. Attitudes Towards the Mental health Professionals.- 7. Prejudice Against Psychiatric Treatments.- 8. How to Overcome Prejudice.- Section 2: Human Rights and Inequity for Mental Patients.- 9. The Question of Human Rights of the Mentally Ill.- 10. Non-Discrimination and Equity.- 11. Restrictions on Freedom: Involuntary Hospitalisation.- 12. Uses and Abuses of Psychiatric Diagnosis.- 13. Dilemmas Arising in Psychiatric Treatment and Research.- 14. Discrimination Against the Weak.- 15. The Conditions in Mental Health Facilities.- 16. Specific Ethical Dilemmas in Mental Health.- 17. Summary and Conclusions.

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