‘Informed consent is a bit of a joke to me’: lived experiences of insight, coercion, and capabilities in mental health care settings

The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 found that people’s experiences and self-knowledge were mislabelled as a ‘lack of insight’. Insight, a psychiatric concept, is defined as an ability to recognise one’s mental illness, awareness of one’s symptoms and compliance with treatment. Acro...

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Published in:International journal of law in context 2023-12, Vol.19 (4), p.456-474
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