Paternalism in mental health: time for rehabilitation?

Paternalism in mental health: time for rehabilitation?

Mental health legislation has received enormous attention internationally in the era of deinstitutionalization, particularly as societies become more risk averse. The response has been framed within a libertarian tradition and the language is almost exclusively about autonomy and partnership. Apart from risk, patient autonomy has gone from being one of the principles in the discourse surroundin...

The Use of Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health Issues

Mental rehabilitation can include a range of disabling conditions, from severe and enduring psychotic or bipolar disorders to more transient affective disorders. The concept of rehabilitation reflects the concept of disability. If the concept of mental illness is viewed as a mechanism for social control, then we can say that one of the most powerful aspects of the medicalization of the individu...

Mental health rehabilitation of detained juveniles: using time wisely.

The rehabilitation potential of mentally ill juvenile offenders should be at the forefront of the forensic mental health debate, because these youths mature into adults who may continue to have mental disorders and to offend. In view of this concern, the importance of using juvenile detention facilities as vehicles for youth reform cannot be overstated. Juvenile justice reform is a relatively r...

Conceptualising Recovery in Mental Health Rehabilitation

Mental health assessment in rehabilitation research.

Assessment in mental health research has evolved from focusing on symptoms and diagnosis to addressing a broad range of change, including psychosocial functioning. This is consistent with developments in the areas of psychosocial rehabilitation and the increase in recovery-oriented intervention models for mental disorders. We reviewed the status of assessment in mental health research, providin...