Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people

Decisions around psychiatric interventions for children and young people involve balancing respect for the child’s wishes, the need to provide benefit and relevant risk factors. We recommend establishing a framework for assessment of interventions for children with mental disabilities, using a human...

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Main Authors: Jill Stavert, John Watts, Ulrike M. E. Schulze, Anja Malmendier-Muehlschegel
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-03-01
Series:BJPsych Open
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472424008561/type/journal_article
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description Decisions around psychiatric interventions for children and young people involve balancing respect for the child’s wishes, the need to provide benefit and relevant risk factors. We recommend establishing a framework for assessment of interventions for children with mental disabilities, using a human-rights-based approach that can be applied across jurisdictions, alongside national laws.
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spelling doaj-art-09d6b08ef5ff4e0fb26c94504ff86a2e2025-08-20T02:52:59ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-03-011110.1192/bjo.2024.856Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young peopleJill Stavert0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1591-4601John Watts1Ulrike M. E. Schulze2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6350-5140Anja Malmendier-Muehlschegel3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0667-1764School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UKDepartment of Adolescent Psychiatry, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKZentrum für Psychiatrie Calw – Klinikum Nordschwarzwald, Calw-Hirsau, Germany Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, GermanyDepartment of Adolescent Psychiatry, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKDecisions around psychiatric interventions for children and young people involve balancing respect for the child’s wishes, the need to provide benefit and relevant risk factors. We recommend establishing a framework for assessment of interventions for children with mental disabilities, using a human-rights-based approach that can be applied across jurisdictions, alongside national laws.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472424008561/type/journal_articleChildren and young personspsychiatric interventionscapacity and competencehuman rightscommon frameworks
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Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people
BJPsych Open
Children and young persons
psychiatric interventions
capacity and competence
human rights
common frameworks
title Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people
title_full Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people
title_fullStr Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people
title_full_unstemmed Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people
title_short Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people
title_sort towards a human rights based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people
topic Children and young persons
psychiatric interventions
capacity and competence
human rights
common frameworks
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