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Global Mental Health is Heading into a Rights-Based Era
Rights-based approaches to mental healthcare are creating a culture of zero-tolerance for coercion in global mental health.
By Samantha Lilly -December 14, 2023
www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/global-mental-health-is-heading-into-a-rights-based-era/
In an era marked by a critical reassessment of mental healthcare practices, a new study titled “Zero Tolerance for Coercion? Historical Cultural, and Organisational Contexts for Effective Implementation of Coercion-Free Mental Health Services around the World” sheds light on the global journey towards more humane and rights-based mental health services.
The study, authored by Europe-based researchers Richard Whittington, Deborah Oyine Aluh, and Jose-Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, navigates the complex historical, legislative, and economic landscapes that have shaped the current state of mental healthcare.
“In the last few decades, there have been important conceptual developments in the way we approach the nature and causes of mental illness, the factors involved in disabilities, and the organization of services. Important paradigm shifts took place and are still occurring, moving from a custodial paradigm to a care paradigm, then to a recovery paradigm, and now to a human rights paradigm,” the authors write.
“The goal of reducing coercion continues to face important obstacles. However, because of the increasing awareness of the risks involved in using coercive practices, the increasing knowledge of the current availability of alternatives to coercion, and the challenges associated with implementation, never have there been such favorable and fertile conditions to reach these goals. The project of a more humane and multi-faceted conception of mental health patients and their care continues to advance and is going through a particularly exciting phase.”
This groundbreaking article delves into the evolution of mental healthcare, tracing its path from historically coercive practices to the present-day emphasis on human rights and patient autonomy. The authors explore the historical context of coercion in mental health, contextual factors influencing it, and the ongoing challenges and innovations in reducing coercive practices. As the world grapples with the ethical dimensions of mental healthcare, this study offers a hopeful perspective on the progress made and the potential for a future where coercion in mental health is a relic of the past.
Rights-based approaches to mental healthcare are creating a culture of zero-tolerance for coercion in global mental health.
By Samantha Lilly -December 14, 2023
www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/global-mental-health-is-heading-into-a-rights-based-era/
In an era marked by a critical reassessment of mental healthcare practices, a new study titled “Zero Tolerance for Coercion? Historical Cultural, and Organisational Contexts for Effective Implementation of Coercion-Free Mental Health Services around the World” sheds light on the global journey towards more humane and rights-based mental health services.
The study, authored by Europe-based researchers Richard Whittington, Deborah Oyine Aluh, and Jose-Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, navigates the complex historical, legislative, and economic landscapes that have shaped the current state of mental healthcare.
“In the last few decades, there have been important conceptual developments in the way we approach the nature and causes of mental illness, the factors involved in disabilities, and the organization of services. Important paradigm shifts took place and are still occurring, moving from a custodial paradigm to a care paradigm, then to a recovery paradigm, and now to a human rights paradigm,” the authors write.
“The goal of reducing coercion continues to face important obstacles. However, because of the increasing awareness of the risks involved in using coercive practices, the increasing knowledge of the current availability of alternatives to coercion, and the challenges associated with implementation, never have there been such favorable and fertile conditions to reach these goals. The project of a more humane and multi-faceted conception of mental health patients and their care continues to advance and is going through a particularly exciting phase.”
This groundbreaking article delves into the evolution of mental healthcare, tracing its path from historically coercive practices to the present-day emphasis on human rights and patient autonomy. The authors explore the historical context of coercion in mental health, contextual factors influencing it, and the ongoing challenges and innovations in reducing coercive practices. As the world grapples with the ethical dimensions of mental healthcare, this study offers a hopeful perspective on the progress made and the potential for a future where coercion in mental health is a relic of the past.