Mental health legislation: does it protect the rights of people with mental health problems?

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dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorChipps, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-18T07:46:02Z
dc.date.available2015-02-18T07:46:02Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe International Federation of Social Work places a concern with human rights and social justice at the core of its definition of social work. Social work values are based on “respect for the equality, dignity and worth of all people” (IFSW, 2000), and social work practice has a special concern for vulnerable and oppressed people. People with mental health problems are amongst the most vulnerable members of society and in South Africa they comprise a considerable proportion of our society. According to the South African Stress and Health Survey (Herman, Steyn, Seedat, Heeringa, Moonal & Williams, 2009), the lifetime prevalence for any mental health problems in South Africa is 30.3% and neuropsychiatric disorders rank third in their contribution to the burden of disease in South Africa (Bradshaw, Norman & Schneider, 2007).en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationSimpson, B. and Chipps, J (2012). Mental health legislation: does it protect the rights of people with mental health problems? Social Work /Maatskaplike Werk, 48 (1): 47-57.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2312-7198 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0037-8054 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1346
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherSU LISen_US
dc.rightsThis journal is an open access journal, and the authors (copyright owners) should be properly acknowledged when works are cited.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.15270/48-1-104
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectLegislationen_US
dc.subjectRightsen_US
dc.subjectMental health problemsen_US
dc.subjectMental health care acten_US
dc.titleMental health legislation: does it protect the rights of people with mental health problems?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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