Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa

The new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities creates a new paradigm for mental health law, moving from a focus on institutional care to a focus on community-based services and treatment. This article considers implementation of this approach in Africa.

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Main Authors: Bartlett, Peter, Jenkins, Rachel, Kiima, David
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Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1554/
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spelling nottingham-15542020-05-04T20:23:45Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1554/ Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa Bartlett, Peter Jenkins, Rachel Kiima, David The new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities creates a new paradigm for mental health law, moving from a focus on institutional care to a focus on community-based services and treatment. This article considers implementation of this approach in Africa. BioMed Central 2011 Article PeerReviewed Bartlett, Peter, Jenkins, Rachel and Kiima, David (2011) Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 5 (21). ISSN 1752-4458 http://www.ijmhs.com/content/5/1/21 doi:10.1186/1752-4458-5-21 doi:10.1186/1752-4458-5-21
spellingShingle Bartlett, Peter
Jenkins, Rachel
Kiima, David
Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa
title Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa
title_full Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa
title_fullStr Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa
title_full_unstemmed Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa
title_short Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa
title_sort mental health law in the community: thinking about africa
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1554/
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