Comparing the NSW law with general adult guardianship law, it is suggested that the appointment of property administrators for NSW mental health service users should principally be governed by guardianship laws, as in most other Australian jurisdictions.Fleur Aileen Beaupert...
The Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of all people to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health pleaded the urgent need for governments to act through appropriate laws and policies. We argue that Australia is in breach of international obligations,...
aComplies with the most recent codes of ethics of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), American Counseling Association (ACA), and National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) (if certified), and with the laws and regulations of the licensing board in any state in which ...
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions increased the psychological distress of the population while the use of on-site mental health care decreased. The provision of online mental health care was therefore scaled up in many European countries. The extent to which online care ...
(GDPR) that affords protection for the processing of personal data including biometric and ‘special category’ data about a person’s health, genetics, physiological, and mental features [1,25]. It is additionally worth noting that, at a more granular level, domestic privacy laws are generally...
The laws are most radical reforms of Australia's income support systems. This article tries to build a connection between the welfare laws and the workers health. It also states that the bad conditions of health of the...
In B. McSherry (Ed.), International Trends in Mental Health Laws. Annandale, NSW: The Federation Press.Carney, T., F. Beaupert, J. Perry and D. Tait (2008). 'Advocacy and Participation in Mental Health Cases: Realisable rights or pipe dream?' Law in Context, 26(2): 125-147....
Sex workers face many barriers to accessing the inalienable human right of mental health. The aim of this review was to synthesize the evidence on the barriers to mental healthcare for sex workers and the factors that facilitate uptake. Methods A search conducted in 2018 of peer-reviewed and ...
This includes people with mental health impairment and this convention includes the right to 'the highest attainable standard of mental health'. Under the Australian Constitution, ratification of this convention enables the national government to pass laws to implement the convention obligations, and ...
Across the life course, one in five Canadians will experience a mental health disorder with many more living with subclinical symptoms. For these individuals, their lived experience may be directly impacted by the contemporary laws and policies governing mental illness. Examining and reviewing the ...