Mental health, community care and human rights in Europe: Still an incomplete picture?

Abstract

Mental health issues are increasingly finding their way onto national, European and international agendas. Moreover, the term ‘mental health’, though sometimes difficult to define with precision, has been taken to include not only mental ill health but also the maintenance of good mental health in general. This article examines progress in the field of human rights recognition as it pertains to mental health, in a European and a wider context.