As part of our call for evidence on the UK’s performance under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities we have published these two blogs
In Mental health disabilities and ‘will and preferences’ George Szmukler, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London aims to stimulate some discussion concerning an area of the Convention that is especially important in mental health care, but also arises in other health care settings. Can medical interventions against a person’s wishes be justified?
In Why the Mental Health System struggles to make a positive impact on social inclusion: Framing the problem of mental ‘illness’ Ben Clubbs Coldron discusses how we can reframe the mental health debate away from hard line considerations of what constitutes mental illness as opposed to being mentally healthy.
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