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Article 33: The Right to Protection from Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

by Eric Eckhart | Mar 4, 2019 | Damon Barrett

(2019) Damon Barrett, John Tobin, J. Tobin (ed) The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary Abstract:This chapter presents a legal analysis of Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, addressing the child’s right to protection...

No magic pill: A prescription for enhancedshared decision-making in the treatment of depression

by Eric Eckhart | Jan 4, 2019 | Lisa Cosgrove

(Jan 2019) Cosgrove, L. Erlich, D. Shaughnessy, A. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2019 Jan-Feb; 32(1): 6-9 Abstract:For over 2 decades, there have been debates, sometimes contentious, about the efficacy and safety of antidepressants. Growing...

Mental health and human rights in the 21st century

by Eric Eckhart | Jan 4, 2019 | Dainius Pūras

(January 2019)Pūras, Dainius; Gooding, Piers. World Psychiatry. Hoboken : Wiley. ISSN 1723-8617. eISSN 2051-5545. 2019, vol. 18, iss. 1, p. 42-43. DOI: 10.1002/wps.20599. [Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of...

They love me but they don’t understand me’: Family support and stigmatization of mental health service users in Gujarat, India

by Eric Eckhart | Dec 1, 2018 | Faraaz Mahomed

(December 2018) Mahomed, F., Stein, MA, Chauhan, A & Pathare, S. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 65(1):73-79. Abstract Background:: Family life is a near-universal condition and a fundamental human right. It can also have a significant impact on mental...

Involuntary mental health treatment in the era of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

by Eric Eckhart | Oct 21, 2018 | Faraaz Mahomed

(October 2018) Mahomed, F., Stein, MA & Patel, V. PLOS Medicine, 15(10): e1002679 Abstract:The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted in 2007 and has since been ratified by 177 countries. It represents a...
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