Colleagues here would have known the campaign on behalf of the mentally ill - for restoration of their human rights and extension of every basic dignity which is their due. I have myself published extensively on the matter as have several other colleagues.
It was therefore very satisfying to receive this letter yesterday from the World Health Organization: Dear Dr.Prasad, Today, 1 July 2016, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a Resolution on Mental Health and Human Rights (attached), led by Portugal and Brazil and cosponsored by 61 countries, with more countries still joining. The resolution highlights: (i) that “persons with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities, in particular persons using mental health services, may be subject to, inter alia, widespread discrimination, stigma, prejudice, violence, social exclusion and segregation, unlawful or arbitrary…
