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Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022 (2023)
Report
McKay, C., Stavert, J., McKay, E., King, M., & Zarins, A. Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022. Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry

Report commissioned by Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry to update previous research into strategic response of Scottish Government to COVID pandemic in relation to health and social care, particularly care and nursing homes, the provision of health a... Read More about Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Research: Update of Health and Social Care research covering the period February 2022 to 31 December 2022.

People with Learning Disability: Scotland and Beyond (2023)
Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2023). People with Learning Disability: Scotland and Beyond. In B. D. Kelly, & M. Donnelly (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law (166-178). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003226413

‘Learning disability’ is currently included in the statutory definition of ‘mental disorder’ used by Scottish capacity and mental health legislation, along with mental illness and personality disorder. This raises the general Convention on the Rights... Read More about People with Learning Disability: Scotland and Beyond.

What the international human rights treaties actually require of us (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stavert, J. (2023, July). What the international human rights treaties actually require of us. Paper presented at UK and Ireland Mental Diversity Law Conference 2023, Nottingham

Across the world mental health and capacity law is often justified on the basis of protecting persons with mental disabilities and wider public safety. In some cases, the use of such laws is rising (Sheridan Rains et al, 2019) and it is becoming incr... Read More about What the international human rights treaties actually require of us.

Mental Capacity Regimes Approach to Values and Participation in Proceedings Involving Individuals With Impaired Decision-Making Capacity in Scotland (2023)
Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2023). Mental Capacity Regimes Approach to Values and Participation in Proceedings Involving Individuals With Impaired Decision-Making Capacity in Scotland. In C. Kong, J. Coggon, P. Cooper, M. Dunn, & A. Ruck Keene (Eds.), Capacity, Participation and Values in Comparative Legal Perspective. Bristol University Press

Chapter in 'Capacity, Participation and Values in Comparative Legal Perspective' edited by Camillia Kong, John Coggon, Penny Cooper, Michael Dunn and Alex Ruck Keene

On cloud nine? Maternal emotional wellbeing six weeks up to one year postpartum – A cross-sectional study (2023)
Journal Article
Van den Branden, L., Van de Craen, N., Van Leugenhaege, L., Bleijenbergh, R., Mestdagh, E., Timmermans, O., Van Rompaey, B., & Kuipers, Y. J. (2023). On cloud nine? Maternal emotional wellbeing six weeks up to one year postpartum – A cross-sectional study. Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare, 36, Article 100856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2023.100856

Background: Little is known about the full scope of emotional wellbeing of mothers up to one year postpartum, to adequately support women during transition to motherhood. Reduced emotional wellbeing (REW) affects women’s adaption to the changes and c... Read More about On cloud nine? Maternal emotional wellbeing six weeks up to one year postpartum – A cross-sectional study.

Participatory rights of older adults at risk in adult protection case conferences (2023)
Journal Article
Fennell, K. (2023). Participatory rights of older adults at risk in adult protection case conferences. Journal of Adult Protection, 25(3), 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/jap-11-2022-0031

Purpose
The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (ASP Act) mandates public bodies to investigate situations of harm and to support and protect adults at risk. One of the fundamental principles of the legislation is to involve the person... Read More about Participatory rights of older adults at risk in adult protection case conferences.