The CRPD and Mental Health Law Reform in Scotland
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (in press)
The CRPD and Mental Health Law Reform in Scotland. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101991
Scotland's mental health and capacity legislation and its implementation is underpinned by European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) informed principles, and such legislation...
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 ...
The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland: the views and experiences of Patients, Named Persons, Practitioners and Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland members
Report
Stavert, J., Brown, M. J., & McDonald, A. (2022)
The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland: the views and experiences of Patients, Named Persons, Practitioners and Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland members. Nuffield Foundation
Supported Decision-Making and Paradigm Shifts: Word Play or Real Change?
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2021)
Supported Decision-Making and Paradigm Shifts: Word Play or Real Change?. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.571005
Article 12(3) CRPD requires states parties to provide access by persons with disabilities to the support they may require in exercising their legal capacity. This is to ensure...
Dementia, Work and Employability: Using the Capability Approach to Understand the Employability Potential for People Living with Dementia
Journal Article
Ritchie, L., Egdell, V., Danson, M., Cook, M., Stavert, J., & Tolson, D. (2022)
Dementia, Work and Employability: Using the Capability Approach to Understand the Employability Potential for People Living with Dementia. Work, Employment and Society, 36(4), 591-609. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020961929
The importance of remaining in, or re-entering, the labour market is emphasised by governments internationally. While this may bring benefits, progressive disabilities such as...
Mental health advance statements: crossing the divide from clinical to law enforcement settings
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2021)
Mental health advance statements: crossing the divide from clinical to law enforcement settings. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 102-106. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12695
It is clear that police in many jurisdictions are increasingly being called out to situations involving persons with mental distress. In Scotland, for example, notifications o...
Respecting the autonomy of the living and dying
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2020)
Respecting the autonomy of the living and dying. Journal of Integrated Care, 28(4), 379-385. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICA-06-2020-0038
Purpose
To inform those who are supporting persons who are dying and are responsible for planning, commissioning or delivering palliative care about the need to support and ma...
Scottish Mental Health and Capacity Law: Replacing the Old with the New or the Old in Policy, Law and Practice?
Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2020)
Scottish Mental Health and Capacity Law: Replacing the Old with the New or the Old in Policy, Law and Practice?. In P. Weller, L. Steele, & C. Spivakovsky (Eds.), The Legacies of Institutionalisation: Disability, Law and Policy in the ‘Deinstitutionalised’ Community. Hart Publishing
When enacted Scottish capacity and mental health legislation was internationally regarded as world leading in terms of presenting human rights-based approaches to intervention...
Dementia in the workplace: are employers supporting employees living with dementia?
Journal Article
Egdell, V., Cook, M., Stavert, J., Ritchie, L., Tolson, D., & Danson, M. (2021)
Dementia in the workplace: are employers supporting employees living with dementia?. Aging & mental health, 25(1), 134-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1667299
Objectives
As working lives extend and there is better recognition of early-onset dementias, employers need to consider dementia as a workplace concern. With suitable support,...
Are mental health tribunals operating in accordance with international human rights standards? A systematic review of the international literature
Journal Article
Macgregor, A., Brown, M., & Stavert, J. (2019)
Are mental health tribunals operating in accordance with international human rights standards? A systematic review of the international literature. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(4), e494-e513. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12749
Mental health tribunals are responsible for making decisions about compulsory treatment for individuals considered a risk to themselves and others due to mental disorder. They...