Julie Mulvany
Biographic Data
| ID | 282471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie Mulvany |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie |
| FAMILY NAME | Mulvany |
| SIGNATURE | MULVANY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swinburne University of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disability, impairment or illness? The relevance of the social model of disability to the study of mental disorder
Sociologists appear to have abandoned the study of serious mental illness. This paper argues that the work of the disability theorists provides new directions for an analysis of the plight of people suffering from serious mental illness. Disability theory, revolving around a 'social approach to disability', redirects analysis from the individual to processes of social oppression, discrimination and exclusion. The application of the ideas of disab…
The Review of the Compulsory Detention of the Mentally Ill: Who Should Decide
The Mental Health Act 1986 (Victoria) established the Mental Health Review Board to periodically review the detention of involuntary patients in State mental institutions. The purported rationale for the inclusion of two non‐medical personnel on the Board is that compulsory detention decisions should not be made by doctors alone and should include social and legal considerations. It is argued that the effectiveness of non‐medical members is restr…
Disability, impairment or illness? The relevance of the social model of disability to the study of mental disorder
Sociologists appear to have abandoned the study of serious mental illness. This paper argues that the work of the disability theorists provides new directions for an analysis of the plight of people suffering from serious mental illness. Disability theory, revolving around a 'social approach to disability', redirects analysis from the individual to processes of social oppression, discrimination and exclusion. The application of the ideas of disab…
The Review of the Compulsory Detention of the Mentally Ill: Who Should Decide
The Mental Health Act 1986 (Victoria) established the Mental Health Review Board to periodically review the detention of involuntary patients in State mental institutions. The purported rationale for the inclusion of two non‐medical personnel on the Board is that compulsory detention decisions should not be made by doctors alone and should include social and legal considerations. It is argued that the effectiveness of non‐medical members is restr…
Disability, impairment or illness? The relevance of the social model of disability to the study of mental disorder
Sociologists appear to have abandoned the study of serious mental illness. This paper argues that the work of the disability theorists provides new directions for an analysis of the plight of people suffering from serious mental illness. Disability theory, revolving around a 'social approach to disability', redirects analysis from the individual to processes of social oppression, discrimination and exclusion. The application of the ideas of disab…
Mental health (2 works) · Mental illness (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Relevance (law (2 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (1 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (1 works) · Disability studies (1 works) · Disadvantage (1 works)