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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Mental health law"”.
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A critical analysis of South African mental health law : a selection of human rights and criminal justice issues
… concerned with determining whether South African mental health law and its application in practice is in need of reform. In order to reach its objectives, the thesis measures mental health legislation and criminal law that affect the mentally ill individual or offender against international and …
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Accessing the Authentic Psychiatric Experience: Using Psychiatric Artefacts and Archival Documents to Facilitate Object-Based Learning in the Law and Criminology Classroom
… of integrating Object-Based Learning (OBL) into mental health law curricula. The pedagogy developed for this study facilitated learner construction of a more accurately informed version of the mid-century ‘mental patient’ and the institution of psychiatry. The objects acted as powerful conduits …
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Increasing the Participation of Persons with Mental Illness in Mental Health Treatment Decision-Making
For too long the voices of persons with mental illness have been marginalised. These persons have been sidelined and unable to meaningfully participate in mental health treatment decision-making. This thesis answers the pivotal question of how we can increase the participation of involuntarily …
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The detention of dangerous severe personality disordered offenders under mental health legislation: legal and ethical issues
Public protection and mental disorder has frequently been at the forefront of government policy since psychiatry established itself as a medical science, coupled with media attention and at times, national hysteria. For over 150 years, public policy has exceeded medical science in the control and …
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Decisional Capacity in Psychiatric Inpatient Settings: Understanding and Addressing Key Barriers to Shared Decision Making
… As such, the current study interviewed 25 acute mental health inpatient psychiatrists across 17 unique VHA sites to: 1) determine how psychiatric inpatient psychiatrists are determining patients’ ability to make medication management decisions and, 2) gather psychiatric inpatient psychiatrists’ …
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Re-examining the best interests of child principle. Can this help tamariki and rangatahi Māori achieve the highest attainable standard of mental health?
… to achieve the highest attainable standard of mental health. Although New Zealand has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, which enshrines the “best interests of the child” principle, significant disparities in mental health outcomes remain between tamariki …
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Creating a Cultural Analysis Tool for the Implementation of Ontario's Civil Mental Health Laws
… to use in the implementation of Ontario’s civil mental health laws. The rationale behind creating the CAT is based on research suggesting that ethno-racial people with mental health disabilities experience inequities and differential outcomes while interacting with Ontario’s civil mental health …
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Unleashed From the Shackles: Modern Media's Portrayal of Mental Illness: United States of Tara
<p>"[With mental illness] you get a real sense of shame, because your friends go, 'Oh come on, show me the lump, show me the x-rays,' and of course you've got nothing to show," stated famous comedian Ruby Wax. A longtime sufferer of depression, Ruby Wax shares her experiences with others by …
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Involuntary admission of young people to approved centres in Ireland: finding the voice of the young person a rights-based perspective
… evolving component of human rights-based law. This thesis is concerned with the voice of the young person, aged 16-18 years, in the involuntary admission process and the evaluation of proposals for reform. Given the prevalence of young people with mental health difficulties in Ireland and …
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A qualitative study examining the Scottish legislative framework dealing with mental health, incapacity and adults at risk of harm, from the perspective of professional staff undertaking related social work functions
… legal framework, which deals with incapacity, mental health and adult protection from the perspective of professional staff exercising related social work functions. Social work departments have a lead role in respect of the three main Acts. As a social worker employed in one of these …
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TESTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING: A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP AMONG COUNTY SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
… assess the effectiveness of CIT training amongst law enforcement officers in reducing stigmatizing attitudes and opinions on mental illnesses. The study uses a dependent means <em>t</em>-test to test the study participant’s attitudes and opinions on mental illnesses using a pre/post-test survey. A …