HUMAN RIGHTS OF MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS
Journal Title: Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Mental health is the development of a person's healthy view of themselves and the environment in which they live, so that they can achieve the highest degree of self-fulfillment. Purpose: The purpose of the present work is to investigate and highlight the rights of the mentally ill and to promote and promote the health of these patients. Methodology: The study material consisted of articles on the topic found in Greek and international databases such as: Google Scholar, Mednet, Pubmed, Medline and the Hellenic Academic Libraries Association (HEAL-Link), using keywords: mental illness, patient rights, health professionals. Results: The rights of mental patients and their exercise in a meaningful and effective manner is a dynamic process that encompasses the corresponding rights and obligations of mental health professionals. An important legal effort to protect the rights of the mentally ill is Resolution 46/119 of the United Nations General Assembly on the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and Improving Mental Health Care, adopted on 17 December 1991. Conclusions: The exercise of the rights of the mentally ill requires their encouragement from mental health professionals, who are essentially obliged to refrain from restrictive practices
Authors and Affiliations
Christos Iliadis, Aikaterini Frantzana, Aikaterini Kourkouta Petros Ouzounakis
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