Social justice is pivotal to mental health care

In this structured debate we will discuss the possibility and value of using the concept of social justice for psychiatry. Jan Verhaegh, Reinhold Hasel: Some participants in the debate on social justice argue strongly in favour of using the concept of social justice in mental health care. The WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health has published a report entitled ‘Closing the gap in one generation, concluding that „social injustice kills people on a large scale.“ Some agree with this statement and argue that in psychiatry social justice is very important. Some say that „without social justice there is no…