Scotland, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and repurposing of mental health and capacity law
Journal Article
Stavert, J., & McKay, C. (2025)
Scotland, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and repurposing of mental health and capacity law. Human Rights Law Review, 25(2), Article ngaf008. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngaf008
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) requires a reconceptualised approach to rights enjoyment by persons with mental disabilities promoting equalit...
Unified Mental Health and Capacity Law: Creating Parity and Non-Discrimination?
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stavert, J., & McKay, C. (2024, July)
Unified Mental Health and Capacity Law: Creating Parity and Non-Discrimination?. Paper presented at International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress 2024, Barcelona, Spain
It has been argued that a fusion of mental health and capacity law creates parity and respects nondiscrimination. This approach has been adopted in the Mental Capacity Act (No...
COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3 The Provision of Health and Social Care Services Adult Social Care
Report
McKay, C., Stavert, J., Johnston, L., Murray, J., Rek, J., Breen, C., Zarins, A., Woodrow, A., Anderson, L., & King, M. (2024)
COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3 The Provision of Health and Social Care Services Adult Social Care. Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry
Report commissioned by Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry into the Scottish Government's strategic response to the COVID pandemic in relation to the provision of healthcare serv...
Detention of children and adolescents under mental health legislation: a scoping review of prevalence, risk factors, and legal frameworks
Journal Article
Schölin, L., Tucker, Z., Chopra, A., Borschmann, R., & McKay, C. (2024)
Detention of children and adolescents under mental health legislation: a scoping review of prevalence, risk factors, and legal frameworks. BMC Pediatrics, 24(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04464-6
Background: For individuals with severe mental illness, involuntary assessment and/or treatment (hereafter detention) can be a necessary intervention to support recovery and m...
Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022
Report
Report commissioned by Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry to update previous research into strategic response of Scottish Government to COVID pandemic in relation to health and ...
Research Report for COVID-19 Public Inquiry
Report
This report was commissioned by the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry as introductory scoping research.
Scottish Mental Health Law Review: Final Report
Report
McKay, C., Stavert, J., Scott, J., Martin, K., Rankin, A., & Morgan, G. (2022)
Scottish Mental Health Law Review: Final Report. Scottish Government
Report commissioned by Scottish Ministers to review Scottish mental health, capacity and adult protection law, to improve the rights and protections of persons with a mental d...
Scottish Mental Health Law Review
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stavert, J., McKay, C., Scott, J., Martin, K., & Morgan, G. (2022, June)
Scottish Mental Health Law Review. Paper presented at World Congress on Adult Capacity, Edinburgh, UK
COVID-19 Vaccination in those with mental health difficulties: A guide to assist decision-making in England, Scotland, and Wales
Journal Article
Ross, C., Brown, P., Brown, C., Chopra, A., Adshead, G., Tracy, D., …Forsberg, L. (2022)
COVID-19 Vaccination in those with mental health difficulties: A guide to assist decision-making in England, Scotland, and Wales. Medicine, Science and the Law, 62(4), 275-282. https://doi.org/10.1177/00258024221086054
There is currently no specific guidance addressing vaccine hesitancy in those with mental health difficulties in the United Kingdom. This is particularly problematic when one ...
Learning disability, autism and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act
Journal Article
McKay, C., Connolly, M., Williams, F., Warwick, M., & Macleod, C. (2020)
Learning disability, autism and the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act. Advances in mental health and intellectual disabilities, 14(5), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/AMHID-09-2019-0028
This paper aims to investigate the use of Part VI of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (CPSA) for people with Learning Disability (LD) and/or Autism. This is in the c...