Development of Mental Health Law & Policy

DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

Development of Mental Health Law and Policy

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Why are community treatment orders seen as particularly problematic within a rights agenda

The World Health Organization (WHO (2003 ) recognized the importance of mental health organization in communities all over the globe . Mental health legislation serves as a protection for the human rights of mentally ill patients who are considered as a vulnerable group of the society . It also serves as a legal structure that can be consulted when

br faced with pressing issues such as community integration of mentally ill patients , high quality care access and quality and protection of their civil rights and other rights such as housing , education and employment Legislation can also influence the promotion and prevention measures of mental disorders in the community . A good mental health legislation can strengthen the mental health policy of the community as the well as served as evaluation tool in achieving goals

WHO (2003 ) strongly suggested the mentally ill patients be treated in settings that upholds their personal freedom in the community including being able to work and attend their activities of daily living . In his article `Mental health law in postmodern society : time for new paradigms , Carney (2003 ) examined the status of mental health law and its implementation in communities including emerging new policy community treatment order (CTO . He stated that this new policy created confusion among the patients in a sense that it gave freedom to the once institutionalized...