Title: Members' News

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Section/SPIG: Mental Health

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On Dec. 13, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  People with psychiatric disabilities are covered on an equal basis with others in this first human rights treaty of the 21st century.  The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (section member Sylvia Caras is a board consultant) played an active role.