Archive: Jun 2024

VIEWPOINT Gautam Gulati, Brendan D. Kelly, and Mary Donnelly There is a significant over-representation of people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in penal populations worldwide.[1] This phenomenon results from penal populism, lack…

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 137-141  PDF PERSPECTIVE Amirala S. Pasha and Roma Sonik  Introduction Overmedicalization describes the overreliance on medical terminology and frameworks to explain, assess, and address an issue.[1] There is…

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 129-135  PDF PERSPECTIVE Lisa Cosgrove, Cristian Montenegro, Lee Edson Yarcia, Gianna D’Ambrozio, and Julie Hannah Introduction The United Nations (UN) officially acknowledged the “global burden” of mental…

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 115-127  PDF Niall McGrane, Laura Behan, and Laura M. Keyes Abstract Managing residential care facilities (RCFs) includes the ability to manage adverse events while maintaining a human rights-based approach to care and…

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 101-114  PDF Alex Freeman and Leslie Swartz Abstract Protecting the rights of people with psychosocial conditions is an important and controversial global aim, particularly in light of multiple calls for reduced coercion…

Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 31-43  PDF Christina Zampas, Rebecca Brown, and Onyema Afulukwe Abstract The provision of basic sexual and reproductive health services in humanitarian settings, including armed conflict, is extremely limited, causing…