Professor Bernadette McSherry
Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
Coercion in mental health care: Finding a new way
Secluding, physically restraining or overmedicating people experiencing mental health crises still happens, but countries around the world are trialling successful alternatives
Politics & Society
Unfit to plead: Imprisoned without conviction
The right to justice is a cornerstone of the modern legal system, but those with cognitive disabilities can be ruled as ‘unfit to plead’. Now a two-year research project finds there may be a pathway to equal access to justice for those who need
Politics & Society
Chemical restraint: Behind locked doors
In Australia, the use of psychotropic drugs to calm or control behaviour is largely unregulated, and questions have been raised over their misuse. Now, the time has come for definition and regulation.
Health & Medicine
Time to hold back on the use of restraints
Better regulation of the use of coercion in healthcare settings is needed to protect human rights
Politics & Society
Four Corners: Using restraints can be called torture
Graphic images depicting a juvenile detainee being restrained show why this practice should be banned
Politics & Society
Disability-based disadvantage – a life sentence?
A new research project is focussing on the injustices around the indefinite detention of people with cognitive disabilities
Politics & Society
Researching disability
Shifting the disability research agenda to eliminate discrimination is a work in progress