Mental health :  global policies and human rights / 
edited by Peter Morrall and Mike Hazelton. 
 - London :  Whurr,  2004. 
 - xviii, 196 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. UK mental health policy: chaos and control--2. US mental health policy: progress and continuing problems--3. Human rights, citizenship and mental health reform in Australia--4. Italy: radical reform of mental health policy and its consequences--5. Egypt: 5000 years of science and care for mental patients--6. India: towards community mental health care--7. Mental health policy in Brazil: from dicatatorship to democracy --8. Russia: mental health reform in the post-Soviet period--9. Mental health policy in China: the persecution of Falun Gong--10. Mental health in a post-war society: a history of neglect and denial of medical pluralism in Mozambique--11. Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> Throughout the developed and developing worlds, the treatment and care of the mentally disordered has become a major political and professional concern. This text monitors and analyses supra-national and national policies and indicates the themes and contradictions in their delivery. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781861563880 (pbk.) :  £25.00 1861563884 (pbk.) :  Đ25.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental health policy.<br/>Human rights.<br/>Mental health laws.<br/>Insanity--Jurisprudence<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Mental health services<br/>Psychiatry
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA790.7 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.2 MOR 362.2