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Research paper thumbnail of Optimising management of delirium

Research paper thumbnail of Long time, no see. Australians with mental illnesses wait too long before independent review of detention

Alternative Law Journal, 2010

Imagine that you found yourself arrested in a New South Wales country town; Dubbo, for example. T... more Imagine that you found yourself arrested in a New South Wales country town; Dubbo, for example. The local constabulary tell you that you are guilty of some offence and that you are now looking at several weeks inside. You know you are innocent. If you know the law, you are anxious, certainly, but you are not dismayed. You know that in New South Wales the police must 'as soon as is reasonably practicable, take [you] … before an authorised officer to be dealt with according to law'. 1 This will be a magistrate, or another independent person, who will review your arrest. You also know that in New South Wales 'as soon as is reasonably practicable' is normally interpreted as being within 24 hours, 365 days of the year.

Research paper thumbnail of Rising to the human rights challenge in compulsory treatment – new approaches to mental health law in Australia

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2012

Objective: To analyse, and explain to Australasian psychiatrists, recent proposed changes to the ... more Objective: To analyse, and explain to Australasian psychiatrists, recent proposed changes to the terms of coercive treatment for mental illness in Tasmania and Victoria and to place the proposals in the context of a broader human rights framework that is likely to impact the future shape of mental health legislation more generally. Methods: The Australian law reform proposals are reviewed against the requirements of numerous human rights instruments, including the recently ratified United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ethical and legal arguments are made to support the proposed changes and to introduce others, taking into account academic commentary on mental health law and recent empirical work on the ability to usefully categorise patients by their likelihood of harm to self and others. Results: The Victorian and Tasmanian draft mental health bills propose a new basis for compulsory psychiatric treatment in Australasia. If they become law, coercive...

Research paper thumbnail of Optimising management of delirium

Research paper thumbnail of Long time, no see. Australians with mental illnesses wait too long before independent review of detention

Alternative Law Journal, 2010

Imagine that you found yourself arrested in a New South Wales country town; Dubbo, for example. T... more Imagine that you found yourself arrested in a New South Wales country town; Dubbo, for example. The local constabulary tell you that you are guilty of some offence and that you are now looking at several weeks inside. You know you are innocent. If you know the law, you are anxious, certainly, but you are not dismayed. You know that in New South Wales the police must 'as soon as is reasonably practicable, take [you] … before an authorised officer to be dealt with according to law'. 1 This will be a magistrate, or another independent person, who will review your arrest. You also know that in New South Wales 'as soon as is reasonably practicable' is normally interpreted as being within 24 hours, 365 days of the year.

Research paper thumbnail of Rising to the human rights challenge in compulsory treatment – new approaches to mental health law in Australia

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2012

Objective: To analyse, and explain to Australasian psychiatrists, recent proposed changes to the ... more Objective: To analyse, and explain to Australasian psychiatrists, recent proposed changes to the terms of coercive treatment for mental illness in Tasmania and Victoria and to place the proposals in the context of a broader human rights framework that is likely to impact the future shape of mental health legislation more generally. Methods: The Australian law reform proposals are reviewed against the requirements of numerous human rights instruments, including the recently ratified United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ethical and legal arguments are made to support the proposed changes and to introduce others, taking into account academic commentary on mental health law and recent empirical work on the ability to usefully categorise patients by their likelihood of harm to self and others. Results: The Victorian and Tasmanian draft mental health bills propose a new basis for compulsory psychiatric treatment in Australasia. If they become law, coercive...

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