A new study from MHJ researchers using in-depth interviews with patients/service users experiencing mood disorder. The study aims to understand how the future is experienced from the standpoint of severe depression and mania and how this impacts on decision-making capacity for treatment. It proposes that self -determination can be effected – both in severe depression
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Open Access Gateway Misevaluating the Future: Affective Disorder and Decision-Making Capacity for Treatment – A Temporal Understanding
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Is Involuntary Placement and Non-Consensual Treatment Ever Compliant with UN Human Rights Standards?
A Survey of UN Reports (2006-2017) Gurbai, S., Martin, W. In recent years, the issues of involuntary placement and involuntary treatment for mental health conditions have been addressed on a number of different occasions within the UN system. There is no unified UN position on the question of whether involuntary placement and treatment can be lawful under
