The United Nations Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness, (United Nations, 1991), make very explicit statements that: • All persons have the right to the best available mental healthcare, which shall be part of the health and social care system. • All persons with a mental illness, or who are being treated…
In this editorial that was published in the BMJ in 2014, the authors describe how parity of esteem means different things to different people and how this may make it difficult to achieve. They also briefly describe the historical context of parity, from the 1959 Mental Health Act over the enshrinement in US law in…
This is the probably the most essential reading on the topic. This paper, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2013, sets out definitions of parity of esteem, a vision and what was understood at the time of publication about the stigma and discrimination that people experience who have mental health problems.
This is a chapter in the book “Social Scaffolding: Applying the Lessons of Contemporary Social Science to Health and Healthcare” written by Professor Dame Sue Bailey. The author is chair of the Centre for Mental Health and past president of the RCPsych and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. In this chapter she explains what…
The purpose of this study published 2005 in Aging and Mental Health was to evaluate levels of cognitive impairment, depressive mood and self-reported quality of life in older dialysis patients (>70 years). A total of 51 outpatients receiving dialysis were assessed by psychologists, using a depression scale (MADRS), two cognitive tests (MMSE and BEC 96),…
