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Table of c<strong>on</strong>tents<br />

Preface<br />

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Chapter 1 C<strong>on</strong>text of <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>legislati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> 1<br />

1. Introducti<strong>on</strong> 1<br />

2. The interface between <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> law <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> policy 2<br />

3. Protecting, promoting <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> improving <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> through<br />

<strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>legislati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> 3<br />

3.1 Discriminati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> 3<br />

3.2 Violati<strong>on</strong>s of <str<strong>on</strong>g>human</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> 4<br />

3.3 Aut<strong>on</strong>omy <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> liberty 5<br />

3.4 Rights for <strong>mental</strong>ly ill offenders 5<br />

3.5 Promoting access to <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> care <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> community integrati<strong>on</strong> 6<br />

4. Separate versus integrated <str<strong>on</strong>g>legislati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> 7<br />

5. Regulati<strong>on</strong>s, service orders, ministerial decrees 7<br />

6. Key internati<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> regi<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>human</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> instruments related<br />

to the <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> of people with <strong>mental</strong> disorders 8<br />

6.1 Internati<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> regi<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>human</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> instruments 8<br />

6.1.1 Internati<strong>on</strong>al Bill of Rights 9<br />

6.1.2 Other internati<strong>on</strong>al c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>s related to <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> 11<br />

7. Major <str<strong>on</strong>g>human</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ards applicable to <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> 13<br />

7.1 UN Principles for the Protecti<strong>on</strong> of Pers<strong>on</strong>s with Mental Illness<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Improvement of Mental Health Care (MI Principles, 1991) 13<br />

7.2 St<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ard Rules <strong>on</strong> the Equalizati<strong>on</strong> of Opportunities<br />

for Pers<strong>on</strong>s with Disabilities (St<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ard Rules, 1993) 14<br />

8. Technical st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ards 15<br />

8.1 Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Caracas (1990) 15<br />

8.2 Declarati<strong>on</strong> of Madrid (1996) 15<br />

8.3 WHO technical st<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ards 15<br />

8.4 The Salamanca Statement <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Framework for Acti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong><br />

Special Needs Educati<strong>on</strong> (1994) 16<br />

9. Limitati<strong>on</strong> of <str<strong>on</strong>g>rights</str<strong>on</strong>g> 16<br />

Chapter 2 C<strong>on</strong>tent of <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>legislati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> 19<br />

1. Introducti<strong>on</strong> 19<br />

2. Preamble <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> objectives 19<br />

3. Definiti<strong>on</strong>s 20<br />

3.1 Mental illness <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>mental</strong> disorder 20<br />

3.2 Mental disability 22<br />

3.3 Mental incapacity 23<br />

3.4 Unsoundness of mind 23<br />

3.5 Definiti<strong>on</strong>s of other terms 26<br />

4. Access to <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> care 27<br />

4.1 Financial <str<strong>on</strong>g>resource</str<strong>on</strong>g>s for <strong>mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> care 27<br />

4.2 Mental <strong>health</strong> in primary care 28<br />

4.3 Allocating <str<strong>on</strong>g>resource</str<strong>on</strong>g>s for underserved populati<strong>on</strong>s 29<br />

4.4 Access to medicati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> psychosocial interventi<strong>on</strong>s 29<br />

4.5 Access to <strong>health</strong> (<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> other) insurance 29<br />

4.6 Promoting community care <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> deinstituti<strong>on</strong>alizati<strong>on</strong> 30<br />

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