#  Book Launch: Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights 

 





October 01, 2021

 

 

 Lab Director Professor Vikram Patel and Coordinator Juliana Restivo are excited to share the news of a new edited volume that was recently published in September 2021. Professor Patel is one of the lead Editors of the volume along with co-editors Professor Michael Stein, Faraaz Mahomed, and Charlene Sunkel. Juliana is the Editorial Assistant of the volume. **[With an equal emphasis on the Global North and Global South, this volume offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of legal capacity in the realm of mental health.](https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/medico-legal-bioethics-and-health-law/mental-health-legal-capacity-and-human-rights?format=HB)** Integrating rigorous academic research with perspectives from people with psychosocial disabilities and their caregivers, the authors provide a holistic overview of pertinent issues and suggest avenues for reform.

- Features contributors from twenty-one countries, providing an international perspective
- Includes lived-experience accounts about legal capacity, supported decision-making, and involuntary mental health treatment
- Offers insights into law reform, clinical protocols and practices, and areas for advocacy.

 [Read more about the edited volume and authors from 21 different countries here and register to join us for the launch event on Friday October 8th at 10am ET. ](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/domains/global-mental-health-harvard/projects/priority-workstreams-initiative/mental-health-legal-capacity-human-rights/)



 

 

 



 

 

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