Mental Health

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"This book reviews mental health policies across the world and their relationship to the human rights of mentally disordered people. Ten case-studies are presented, each written by an expert in the field of mental health policy within a selected country. What is recorded is a tangle of approaches, some coherent, consistent and caring, whilst others are ambiguous, anachronistic and abusive. What is concluded is the need for vigilance and activism on a global scale to protect the human rights of this particularly vulnerable group."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Civil rights,  Mentally ill,  Mental health policy,  Mental health services,  Cross-cultural comparison,  Health policy,  Human rights,  Mentally ill--civil rights,  Ra394 .m46 2004,  2004 b-314,  Wm 30 m5511 2004,  362.2