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Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa
The new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities creates a new paradigm for mental health law, moving from a focus on institutional care to a focus on community-based services and treatment. This article considers implementation of this approach in Africa.
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21914182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-5-21 |
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| author | Bartlett, Peter Jenkins, Rachel Kiima, David |
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| description | The new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities creates a new paradigm for mental health law, moving from a focus on institutional care to a focus on community-based services and treatment. This article considers implementation of this approach in Africa. |
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| spelling | pubmed-31891242011-10-08 Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa Bartlett, Peter Jenkins, Rachel Kiima, David Int J Ment Health Syst Review The new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities creates a new paradigm for mental health law, moving from a focus on institutional care to a focus on community-based services and treatment. This article considers implementation of this approach in Africa. BioMed Central 2011-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3189124/ /pubmed/21914182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-5-21 Text en Copyright ©2011 Bartlett et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Review Bartlett, Peter Jenkins, Rachel Kiima, David Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa |
| title | Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa |
| title_full | Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa |
| title_fullStr | Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa |
| title_short | Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa |
| title_sort | mental health law in the community: thinking about africa |
| topic | Review |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21914182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-5-21 |
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