Human Rights of Mentally Ill Clients
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61841/03pfvs15Keywords:
Human right violations,, Mental Illness,, Stigma,, Mental Hospitals,, Restraint of Mentally IllAbstract
Human rights are important for all strata, classes and races of the society. But it assumes special significance for mentally ill clients, who because of their vulnerability due to illness, often fail to prevent violation of their rights. Often the violation of rights occurs right from the admission in mental hospital, until discharge from the hospital. Frequently, the same violations of the rights of the mentally ills also occur in prisons, shelter homes and streets. Often the very efforts to protect the rights of mentally ill clients lead to violation of the rights. The group, which is marginalized, discriminated and stigmatized by the society, can only be helped by the society. The society can help the mentally ill clients by enacting laws favorable for them, by providing proper facilities for community based treatment, protecting their rights at mental hospitals and by rehabilitating them in society after discharge from the hospital
Downloads
References
1. Johnstone MJ. Stigma, social justice and rights of mentally ill: challenging the status quo. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2001; 10:200–209.
2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly by resolution 217A (III) on 10 December 1948. Available from: http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html. [Last accessed on 2015, Aug 15].
3. Theodore DD. Human rights in India; Mental health perspectives. Souvenir; human rights in mental health nursing Oct 2009:15.
4. Poreddi V, Ramachandra, Reddemma K, Math SB. People with mental illness and human rights: A developing countries perspective. Indian Journal of Psychiatry 2013; 55(2):117-124. doi:10.4103/0019- 5545.111447.
5. WHO. Mental health, human rights and legislation: A global human rights emergency in mental health. Available from: www.who.int/mental_health/policy/legislation/en/index.html [Last accessed on 2015, Aug 25].
6. Kapur M. Available from: http://mitakapur.com/articles/where-the-cure-is-to-kill.html [Last accessed on 2015, April 29]
7. Tasman A .Too few psychiatrist for too many. Psychiatric Times. April 16, 2015. Available from: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/cultural-psychiatry/too-few-psychiatrists-too-many/page/0/1?
GUID=D7BE0FA8-937A-4FEF-8651-8E9F45FC1CB1&rememberme=1&ts=18042015. [Last accessed on 2015, Aug 25].
8. Vijayalakshmi P, Ramachandra, Konduru R, Bada Math S, Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Apr-Jun; 55(2): 117– 124.
9. Kumara SV. Oh, for a new law. The Telegraph. Apr 25, 2007. Available from: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070425/asp/opinion/story_7695533.asp. [ Last Accessed on 2015, May 1]
10. Nagaraja D, Murthy P, editors. New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS). Mental Health Care and Human Rights.2008:183-195.
11. Homeless reaches record 60,000 in New York. Times of India. Feb 4, 2015. Available from: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Homeless-reaches-record-60000-in-New- York/articleshow/46115138.cms.[ Last assessed on 2015, Aug 26]
12. Sheth, HC. Management of the Mental Hospital. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 2013; Vol 17(2): 69-73.
13. Mental Health Legislation & Human Rights: Denied Citizens: Including the Excluded.Mental Health and Prisons. Geneva, World Health Organization and International Committee of the Red Cross, 2006. Available from: http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/development/MH&PrisonsFactsheet.pdf[Last accessed Feb 21, 2015]
14. Foerschner AM. The History of Mental Illness: From 'Skull Drills' to 'Happy Pills’. Student Pulse 2010;
2(9). Available from: http://www.studentpulse.com/a?id=283.[ Last assessed on 2015, Aug 29]
15. Minas H, Diatri H: Pasung: Physical restraint and confinement of the mentally ill in the community
16. Schuster J-P, Hoertel N, Limsin F:The man behind Philippe Pinel: Jean-Baptiste Pussin (1746–1811).Br J Psychiatry 2011;198:241.
17. Mahapatra D.SC stays Teesta Setalvad’s arrest, promises anticipatory bail. Times of India. Feb 20, 2015. Available from: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-stays-Teesta-Setalvads-arrest-promises- anticipatory-bail/articleshow/46307081.cms [ Last Accessed on 2015, May 6]
18. Alice C. The Quotable Einstein. Princeton University Press; 1996. Available from: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~klinger/tenpp/11_einstein.html [Last accessed on 2015 July 15]
19. SATO M. Renaming schizophrenia: a Japanese perspective. World Psychiatry 2006; 5(1):53-55.
20. Sheth HC. Schizophrenia and yogic concepts. Int J Yoga - Philosop Psychol Parapsychol 2013;1:34-9.
21. Sheth HC. Deinstitutionalization or Disowning Responsibility. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 2009; 13(2):11-20.
22. Thakker Y., Gandhi Z., Sheth H., Vankar G.K., & Shroff S. Psychiatry Morbidity Among Inmates of the 'Beggar Home’ International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 2007;11(2):31-36.
23. Richard Mullen, Anita Admiraal, Judy Trevena. Defensive practice in mental health. Newzealand Medical Journal 2008; 121:86-91.
24. McQuade JS. The medical malpractice crisis—reflections on the alleged causes and proposed cures: discussion paper. J R Soc Med 1991;84:408–11.
25. Catino M. Why do doctors practice defensive medicine, the side effects of medical litigation. Safety Sci Monit. 2011;15:1–2.
26. Studdert DM, Mello MM, Sage WM, et al. Defensive Medicine Among High-Risk Specialist Physicians in a Volatile Malpractice Environment. JAMA. 2005;293(21):2609-2617.
27. Passmore K, Leung W. Defensive practice among psychiatrists: a questionnaire survey. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2002;78(925):671-673. doi:10.1136/pmj.78.925.671.
28. Halligan A, Donaldson LJ. Implementing clinical governance: turning vision into reality.BMJ 2001;322:1413–17.
29. Bombay HC suggests privatisation of state-run mental hospital in Maharastra. DNA INDIA. April 13, 2015. Available from: http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-bombay-hc-suggests-privatisation-of-state-run- mental-hospitals-in-maharashtra-2077146. [Last accessed on 2015 July 15]
30. Kramer DA. If It Were Physical Pain, It Would Be Called Torture: A Story of Two Young Men. Psychiatric Times. March 25, 2015. Available from: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/cultural-psychiatry/if-it- were-physical-pain-it-would-be-called-torture-story-two-young-men?GUID=D7BE0FA8-937A-4FEF-8651- 8E9F45FC1CB1&rememberme=1&ts=04042015. [ Last Accessed on 2015, May 6]
31. Moosa MYH, Jeenah FY. The use of restraints in psychiatric clients. South African Journal of Psychiatry 2009; 15(3).
32. Sheth HC. Deinstitutionalization or Disowning Responsibility, International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 2009;13(2);11-20
33. Pratt, C. W., Gill, K. J., Barrett, N. M., & Roberts, M. M.Psychiatric rehabilitation (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Elsevier Academic Press;2007.
34. Martz E & Newbill W. The Rehabilitation of a Hospital: The Transformation of a State Psychiatric Hospital. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 2014; 18(2) 89-100.
35. Sheth HC. Schizophrenia and yogic concepts. Int J Yoga - Philosop Psychol Parapsychol 2013;1:34-9.
36. Kumar V, Daria U. Psychiatric morbidity in prisoners. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2013;55(4):366-370. doi:10.4103/0019-5545.120562
37. Richmond JS, Berlin JS, Fishkind AB, et al. Verbal de-escalation of the agitated client: consensus statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA De-escalation Workgroup. West J Emerg Med. 2011;13:17–26.
38. Irmansyah I, Prasetyo YA, Minas H: Human rights of persons with mental illness in Indonesia: more than legislation is needed. Int j ment health Syst 2009, 3(1):14.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
