Chapter 9: Madness and the law
1. What is the rate of schizophrenia diagnosis compared to other countries claimed in the region of Finland practising Open Dialogue?
2. What does Article 14 of the CRPD state?
Answer: That people should never lose their liberty on the basis of a disability
3. What is the implication for English law of Article 12 of the CRPD stating that all people with disabilities should ‘enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life’?
Answer: The concept of unsound mind as a term to exclude people as legal subjects may no longer be valid
4. What is the criminal offence in England and Wales of Assisted Suicide?
Answer: When someone deliberately assists or encourages another person to kill themselves
5. How many hearing voices groups are there in the UK?
6. Where in the world has the judicial system recognised a right to be free of unwanted psychotropic medication?
7. What is the definition of mental disorder under the 2007 revision of the Mental Health Act 1983?
Answer: Any disorder or disability of the mind
