Archive: Jun 2020

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 91 – 104 PDF Ursula M. Read, Lionel Sakyi, and Wendy Abbey Abstract Much of the focus on human rights and mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been on protection from coercion and…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 1 – 6 PDF Audrey Chapman, Carmel Williams, Julie Hannah, and Dainius Pūras When we planned the special section of this issue and distributed our call for papers, we wanted to present a collection that would…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 209 – 220 PDF Heather Came, Dominic O’Sullivan, Jacquie Kidd, and Timothy McCreanor Abstract Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a treaty negotiated between Māori (the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa) and the British Crown,…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 121 – 132 PDF Emma Broberg, Agneta Persson, Anna Jacobson, and Anna-Karin Engqvist Abstract While it is becoming more common to hear calls for a human rights-based approach (HRBA) to health, documented efforts…

Volume 22/1, June 2020, pp 69 – 76 PDF Michelle Funk and Natalie Drew Bold This perspective essay introduces the World Health Organization’s QualityRights initiative, which uses a multicomponent framework and strategies to promote mental…

Katherine R. Peeler and Scott H. Podolsky Aurelia had traveled more than 2,000 miles, mostly on foot, with her 7-year-old daughter, Heidy, to the Mexico-Arizona border from Guatemala. In her 24 years, Aurelia had endured a life of poverty, rape, and…