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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Exploitation of the mentally handicapped

Exploitation of the mentally handicapped

  • Lack of protection of the interests of the mentally ill

Incidence

Mentally ill who are left to fend for themselves are tricked in to doing work and then dumped without wages, sexually and physically abused or they allowances are stolen.

Broader

Denial of rights of patients suffering from mental illness
Excellent
Lack of protection for the vulnerable
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Homeless mentally disabled
Excellent

Strategy

Protecting interests of the mentally ill
Yet to rate
Exploiting the vulnerable
Yet to rate
Exploiting mentally handicapped people
Yet to rate
Exploiting handicapped people
Yet to rate
Assisting the mentally handicapped
Yet to rate
Abstaining from protection of the interests of the mentally ill
Yet to rate

Value

Exploitation
Yet to rate
Handicapped
Yet to rate
Lack
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Health care » Handicapped
  • Health care » Mental health » Mental health
  • Medicine » Pathology
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
  • Societal problems » Protection
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D9685
    DOCID
    11496850
    D7NID
    147247
    Last update
    May 20, 2022