Global Mental Health Law / Legal Awareness, Information and Resources
“A vast amount of psychiatric effort has been, and continues to be, devoted to legal and quasi-legal activities. In my opinion, the only certain result has been the aggrandizement of psychiatry. The value to the legal profession and to society as a whole of psychiatric help in administering the criminal law, is, to say the least, uncertain. Perhaps society has been injured, rather than helped, by the furor psychodiagnosticus and psychotherapeuticus in criminology which it invited, fostered, and tolerated.”
― Thomas Stephen Szasz
“The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.” ― Stefan Molyneux
Human Rights and Mental Health
Mental Health Law / Legislation
DSM-5 and the Law – Changes and Challenges AAPL
Global Mental Health Law and the Interface with Ethics Springer
International Academy of Law and Mental Health AILMH
International Human Rights and Mental Health Legislation ResearchGate
Mental health and the law: An overview and need to develop and strengthen the discipline of Forensic Psychiatry in India Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Guidance on Mental Health, Human Rights, and Legislation OHCHR
Human Rights-Based Approaches to Mental Health: A Review of Programs HHR
Human rights in Mental Healthcare; A Review of current Global Situation Taylor & Francis
Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Stanford University
International Academy of Law and Mental Health AILMH
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry Science Direct
International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law Mental Health Law Online
International standards on the Right to Physical and Mental Health United Nations
Mental Health Law: International Legal Standards and Human Rights Legal Dialogue
Mental Health Parity in the Global Health and Development Agenda World Bank Blogs
Mental Health Law in the Community: Thinking about Africa BMC
Mental Health Diagnoses and DSM-5 in the Legal System Michael MacIntyre Psychiatry
Mental Health Legislation PDF Document by MK Funk
Mental Health Scotland Scottish Human Rights Commission
New WHO guidance seeks to put an end to human rights violations in mental health care WHO
Promoting Rights-Based Policy & Law for Mental Health WHO
The DSM-5 and Criminal Defense: When Does a
Diagnosis Make a Difference? Utah Law Review
Reform of Mental Health Services: an urgent need and a Human Rights Imperative Council of Europe
How Human Rights Help Those With Mental Health Issues - Video
