Psychiatric records show over half of the people were admitted against their will
Picture two people, both suffering from a serious mental illness requiring hospital admission. One was born in Australia, the other in Asia.
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Picture two people, both suffering from a serious mental illness requiring hospital admission. One was born in Australia, the other in Asia.
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Children in detention and after they return to the community require better quality health care due to their ongoing, complex health needs, a new report has found.
Feb 14, 2024
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You could say we got off easy this time around. While COVID-19 has killed almost 7 million people globally and caused widespread economic distress, it wasn't the worst pandemic the world could face.
Feb 12, 2024
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Ecuador decriminalized euthanasia on Wednesday, becoming the second Latin American country to allow the procedure, in response to a lawsuit brought by a terminally ill patient.
Feb 8, 2024
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Finding a common goal for action to address coercion in mental health care is the goal of a new Griffith University paper that identifies what the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Psychiatry Association (WPA) agree ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Child marriage has declined in India—but across the country, one in five girls and nearly one in six boys are still married as children, and in recent years the practice has become more prevalent in some states/union territories, ...
Dec 15, 2023
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Nearly 70% of children and young adults who face the justice system for committing a crime have serious language difficulties that affect their comprehension and expression skills. This severe disorder leaves them defenseless ...
Dec 4, 2023
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New York is requiring state health officials to develop an outreach program to educate parents and doctors about the harmful impacts of medically unnecessary treatments performed on young children born intersex.
Nov 9, 2023
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Efforts to strengthen contemporary health professionals' education and medical ethics should be informed by a robust understanding of medicine's role within the Nazi regime, according to a new report from the Lancet Commission ...
Nov 8, 2023
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a new position paper addressing health as a human right and examining the intersection of human rights, ethical obligations, and health reform in recognizing health as a ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Human rights refer to the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law; and economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to participate in culture, the right to food, the right to work, and the right to education.
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