The need to reform mental health legislation in Commonwealth countries

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) serves as a comprehensive and legally binding framework for the rights of persons with mental illness. The extent to which countries have adapted their mental health legislation to reflect the binding provisions outlined...

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Autores principales: Pathare, Soumitra, Shields, Laura, Sagade, Jaya, Nardodkar, Renuka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507745
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spelling pubmed-67351662019-09-10 The need to reform mental health legislation in Commonwealth countries Pathare, Soumitra Shields, Laura Sagade, Jaya Nardodkar, Renuka Int Psychiatry Guest Editorial The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) serves as a comprehensive and legally binding framework for the rights of persons with mental illness. The extent to which countries have adapted their mental health legislation to reflect the binding provisions outlined in the CRPD is unclear. This paper reviews the situation across the Commonwealth. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2014-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6735166/ /pubmed/31507745 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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