Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Using the law in the fight for social justice -- 1.2 Whom are we addressing? -- 1.3 The history of this book -- 1.4 How the book has been organised -- 1.5 Terms used to describe mental health problems -- 1.6 Our authorial voice(s) -- References -- 2 Principles and Concepts -- 2.1 The tension between advancing the rights of people with mental health problems and attitudes in society -- 2.2 Law relating to people with mental health problems: the historical context -- 2.3 Discrimination -- 2.4 General versus specific law -- 2.5 Importance of enforcement -- 2.6 Social model of disability -- 2.7 Capacity and competence -- 2.8 Human rights -- 2.9 Stigma, discrimination and 'structural violence' -- 2.10 Social justice -- 2.11 What comes next? -- References -- 3 Civil and Political Participation -- 3.1 Voting -- 3.2 Jury service -- 3.3 Measures intended to optimise civil and political participation -- References -- 4 Legal Capacity, Decision-making, Discriminatory Statutes and Practice -- 4.1 Guardianship and the legal right to make decisions -- 4.2 Discriminatory statutes and practice -- References -- 5 Work and the Workplace -- 5.1 Mental health problems and labour force participation -- 5.2 Intellectual disabilities and labour force participation -- 5.3 Employment disability legislation -- References -- 6 Education -- 6.1 United Nations Covenants and examples of country-based legislation -- References -- 7 Housing -- 7.1 Discrimination in housing -- 7.2 Examples of legislation -- 7.3 Community living -- References -- 8 Social Security and Social Protection -- 8.1 What are social security and social protection? -- 8.2 Social security and social protection for people with mental health problems.

8.3 Elements of social protection/social services legislation -- 8.4 Implementation challenges -- 8.5 Examples of legislation -- References -- 9 Health, Health Care and the Right to Health -- 9.1 Inferior access to mental health care -- 9.2 Excess rates of co-morbidity and mortality -- 9.3 'Diagnostic overshadowing' and 'treatment overshadowing' -- 9.4 The right to health -- 9.5 Examples of legislation -- References -- 10 Protection Against Abuse and Research Involving Vulnerable Populations -- 10.1 General considerations in research -- 10.2 The nature of vulnerability -- 10.3 Protection and remedies -- 10.4 The nature and quality of the investigation -- References -- 11 Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental Illness -- 11.1 Public health approaches to promotion and prevention -- 11.2 UNCRPD in relation to mental health promotion and mental illness prevention -- 11.3 Examples of legislation -- 11.4 Other legislation to promote mental health and prevent mental illness -- References -- 12 Implementation and Enforcement -- 12.1 Implementation plans and policies -- 12.2 Participation: professional groups, service user organisations and carer organisations -- 12.3 Inspections and visitation -- 12.4 Hearings -- 12.5 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) -- 12.6 Other complaints mechanisms -- 12.7 Advocacy -- References -- 13 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 14 International and Regional Instruments, Standards, Guidelines and Declarations -- 14.1 International instruments and standards -- 14.2 Regional human rights systems, treaties, conventions, charters and standards -- 14.3 Non-binding standards, guidelines and declarations -- 14.4 Full texts -- 15 Examples of Disability Legislation from Across the World -- 16 Organisations and Resources -- 16.1 Legislation libraries and databases.

16.2 World Health Organization literature and resource -- 16.3 Other intergovernmental organisations and resources -- 16.4 Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and resources -- Index.