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Category: Parity of esteem

7th February 20217th February 2021Immo Weichert

Patients with mental illness have up to 20 years less life expectancy

Patients with mental illness have up to 20 years less life expectancy

This is a pivotal study which was published in 2011. The authors evaluated trends in health outcomes of people with seriousmental disorders. They examined nationwide 5-year consecutive cohorts ofpeople admitted to hospital for mental disorders in Denmark,Finland and Sweden in 1987–2006. People with severe mental illness who were admitted to hospital had a two –…

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7th February 20217th February 2021Immo Weichert

Parity of Esteem is enshrined in Human Rights

Parity of Esteem is enshrined in Human Rights

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…

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7th February 20217th February 2021Immo Weichert

The difficulties behind achieving parity of esteem

The difficulties behind achieving parity of esteem

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…

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7th February 20217th February 2021Immo Weichert

Achieving Parity of Esteem

Achieving Parity of Esteem

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.

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What does Parity of Esteem mean?

What does Parity of Esteem mean?

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…

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