In Spanish
Pese al cambio legal y constitucional producido en materia de discapacidad y salud mental en la Argentina, las prácticas judiciales e institucionales reproducen el modelo médico psiquiátrico derogado. El caso que presento, donde pobreza y salud mental trazan un destino, lo ilustra acabadamente.
In English
Notwithstanding Argentina has prompted legal reforms on the old regimes of persons with disabilities, the judiciary and the administration continue to apply the abolished medical model of disability. In this case, I intend to describe how this phenomenon operates in the practice.