ABSTRACT

This chapter explores socio-economic inclusion as an international human right for people with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities and the role of mental health law in progressing its realisation. It argues that law has an important but limited contribution to make in addressing the manifold levels and ways lack of socio-economic inclusion is implicated as cause and consequence of mental health conditions or psychosocial disability. The analysis concludes by drawing out some of the implications of law having a limited contribution to make to advancing socio-economic inclusion in mental health.