Mental health and social justice: a vision for the 21st century.
If the American Orthopsychiatric Association is to prosper, it must follow a vision grounded in its historic concern with social justice, relevant to contemporary concerns, and pursued through the expertise of its members. Such a vision may lie in a 3-part agenda: (a) a psychologically-minded analysis of, and advocacy for, human rights: (b) attention to mental health concerns in the work of the Washington Group of international agencies; and (c) advocacy for access by disadvantaged people with mental health problems to a broad array of services and to a climate of respect.
Melton
Gary B
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American Orthopsychiatric Association, New York, New York, USA. gmelton@clemson.edu
D005544:Forecasting; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D009986:Orthopsychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012935:Social Justice