Bernadette McSherry

Mental health, mental capacity, ethics, and the law in the context of COVID-19 (coronavirus)

BD Kelly, E Drogin, B McSherry, M Donnelly

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

The emergence of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in late 2019 and early 2020 presented new and urgent challenges to mental hea..

Preventing and reducing 'coercion' in mental health services: an international scoping review of English-language studies

P Gooding, B McSherry, C Roper

Journal article  |  2020  |  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

This article discusses initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing "coercive practices" in mental health and community settings w..

Mental Capacity Law in New Zealand

Bernadette McSherry

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF LAW AND MEDICINE

“Mental capacity” is a term that generally refers to a person’s decision-making skills. This edited collection explores the law in..

Preventing Harm to Others as a Criterion for Compulsory Treatment: An Overview of Criticisms and Current Research

Bernadette McSherry

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Law and Medicine

Mental health legislation, which enables compulsory detention and treatment of those with severe mental health conditions, usually..

Risk management in the era of recovery and rights

Andrew Carroll, Bernadette McSherry

Journal article  |  2020  |  BJPsych Advances

Clinical decision-making in psychiatry is affected by many factors, including how best to reduce risks of harm while promoting aut..

Pretrial and Civil Detention of "Dangerous' Individuals in Common Law Jurisdictions

Bernadette McSherry

Book Chapter  |  2019

The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process surveys the topics and issues in the field of criminal process, including the laws, instit..

Implementing a Participatory Human Rights-Based Research Methodology: The Unfitness to Plead Project

Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Piers Gooding, Sarah Mercer, Marlena Raymond, Bernadette McSherry

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Human Rights Practice

This article describes a novel action-research methodology that combines aspects of participatory methods and emancipatory princip..

POST-SENTENCE DETENTION AND SUPERVISION: THE ROLE OF MULTI-AGENCY PANELS

Bernadette McSherry, Rajan Darjee, Danny Sullivan

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Law and Medicine

Regulating restraint use in mental health and aged care settings: Lessons from the Oakden scandal

Yvette Maker, Bernadette McSherry

Journal article  |  2019  |  Alternative Law Journal

This article argues that there exist unnecessary gaps in the regulation of the use of physical, mechanical and chemical restraints..

Electroconvulsive Therapy Without Consent: The Influence of Human Rights Law

Bernadette McSherry

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Law and Medicine

The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is highly regulated across Australia. Its use on those under compulsory mental health t..