"Chained like prisoners" : abuses against people with psychosocial disabilities in Somaliland / Laetitia Bader.

[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, [2015]

RC451.S58 B33 2015

9781623132880
1623132886

81 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

(OCoLC)929650912

"This 81-page report finds that men with perceived or actual psychosocial disabilities face abusive restraints, beatings, involuntary treatment, and overcrowding in private and public health centers. Most are held against their will and have no possibility of challenging their detention. In private centers in particular, those with psychosocial disabilities face punitive and prolonged chaining, confinement, seclusion, and severe restrictions on their movement. The findings highlight the importance of mental health services in post-conflict regions. According to the World Health Organization, Somaliland has high rates of psychosocial disability"--Publisher's description.

"Laetitia Bader, researcher for the Africa division, authored this report"--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references.

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