Treatment by members of society of former and/or current psychiatric patients including any social discrimination and nature of state protection; quality of available psychiatric care [PRT32857.E]

No information on the treatment by members of society of former and/or current psychiatric patients including any social discrimination, nor on the nature of state protection available to these former and/or current patients, nor on the quality of available psychiatric care, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted


Council of Europe. Website.

Human Rights Watch. Website.

International Association for Applied Psychology. Website.

International Center for Clubhouse Development. Website.

The International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology. Website.

Radio Free Europe. Website.

Resource Centre. Portugal country file. January 1990 - September 1999.

Portugal: Amnesty International country file. November 1993 - September 1999.

World Health Organization. Website.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD, World News Connection (WNC).