Mental health law in Peru: work in progress

Mental health law in Peru is developing. The Peruvian Constitution enshrines important human rights principles in relation to people with mental health problems but the enactment of such principles into national legislation is very patchy. This means that people with mental health problems, especial...

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Autores principales: Jimenez, David, Eguiguren, Christina Alejandrina, Dougall, Dominic, Pliszka, Bartłomiej, Hall, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014
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Mental Health Law Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507778
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Eguiguren, Christina Alejandrina
Dougall, Dominic
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description Mental health law in Peru is developing. The Peruvian Constitution enshrines important human rights principles in relation to people with mental health problems but the enactment of such principles into national legislation is very patchy. This means that people with mental health problems, especially those admitted to hospital, may not receive optimum care and may be at risk of having their human rights breached. In this article we consider how far the current national legislation meets these constitutional rights and what the legislation that is in development may ultimately achieve.
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spelling pubmed-67351322019-09-10 Mental health law in Peru: work in progress Jimenez, David Eguiguren, Christina Alejandrina Dougall, Dominic Pliszka, Bartłomiej Hall, Ian Int Psychiatry Mental Health Law Profile Mental health law in Peru is developing. The Peruvian Constitution enshrines important human rights principles in relation to people with mental health problems but the enactment of such principles into national legislation is very patchy. This means that people with mental health problems, especially those admitted to hospital, may not receive optimum care and may be at risk of having their human rights breached. In this article we consider how far the current national legislation meets these constitutional rights and what the legislation that is in development may ultimately achieve. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6735132/ /pubmed/31507778 Text en © 2014 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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