Involuntary mental health treatment in the era of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002679

. 2018 Oct 18;15(10):e1002679.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002679. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Involuntary mental health treatment in the era of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Faraaz Mahomed^{1

2}, Michael Ashley Stein^{2

3}, Vikram Patel^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
³ University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
⁵ Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

PMID: 30335757
PMCID: PMC6193619
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002679

Involuntary mental health treatment in the era of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Faraaz Mahomed et al. PLoS Med. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 18;15(10):e1002679.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002679. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Authors

Faraaz Mahomed^{1

2}, Michael Ashley Stein^{2

3}, Vikram Patel^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
³ University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
⁵ Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

PMID: 30335757
PMCID: PMC6193619
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002679

Abstract

Based on interviews with a variety of participants, Vikram Patel and colleagues advocate for philosophical and practical progress toward recognizing decision-making capacity in people with psychosocial disabilities.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: VP is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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[1] The Mental Health Care Act, No. 10 of 2017. 2017 Apr 7 [cited 11 April 2018] [Internet]. http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Mental%20Health/Mental%20Healthcar...

[2] The Mental Health Care Act, No. 10 of 2017. 2017 Apr 7 [cited 11 April 2018] [Internet]. http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Mental%20Health/Mental%20Healthcar...

[3] United Nations General Assembly. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. 2017 Dec 12 [cited 11 April 2018] [Internet]. http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/37/56

[4] United Nations General Assembly. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. 2017 Dec 12 [cited 11 April 2018] [Internet]. http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/37/56

[5] Minkowitz T. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to be Free from Nonconsensual Psychiatric Interventions. Syracuse Journal of International and Comparative Law. 2006; 34: 405–428.

[6] Minkowitz T. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to be Free from Nonconsensual Psychiatric Interventions. Syracuse Journal of International and Comparative Law. 2006; 34: 405–428.

[7] United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. General comment No. 1: Article 12, Equal recognition before the law. 2014 April 11 [cited 28 Sep 2018] [Internet]. https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G14/031/20/PDF/G1403120.pd...

[8] United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. General comment No. 1: Article 12, Equal recognition before the law. 2014 April 11 [cited 28 Sep 2018] [Internet]. https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G14/031/20/PDF/G1403120.pd...

[9] Browning M, Bigby C, Douglas J. Supported Decision Making: Understanding How Its Conceptual Link to Legal Capacity Is Influencing the Development of Practice. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 2014; 1: 34–45.

[10] Browning M, Bigby C, Douglas J. Supported Decision Making: Understanding How Its Conceptual Link to Legal Capacity Is Influencing the Development of Practice. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 2014; 1: 34–45.

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