Title: Inequity and madness : psychosocial and human rights issues /
Authors: Guimón, J.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Human Rights legislation & jurisprudence; Mental Health Services; Prejudice; Mentally Ill Persons; Psychiatry Moral and ethical aspects.; Psychiatry Social aspects.; Mental health Social aspects.; Medical ethics
Contents: Mental illness and equity: matters conceptual -- Madness, evil and reason: matters historical -- Positive bias: the myth of the "crazy genius" -- Negative bias: dangerousness and incompetence -- Prejudices in the general population -- Attitudes towards the mental health professionals -- Prejudice against psychiatric treatments -- How to overcome prejudice -- The question of human rights of the mentally ill -- Non-discrimination and equity -- Restrictions on freedom: involuntary hospitalisation -- Uses and abuses of psychiatric diagnosis -- Dilemmas arising in psychiatric treatment and research -- Discrimination against the weak -- The conditions in mental health facilities -- Specific ethical dilemmas in mental health -- Summary and conclusions.