mental health policy

https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/12/16/country-that-closed-its-mental-health-institutions-ian-birrell/content.html

Moderator note: Message copied from here https://www.s4me.info/threads/coming-soon-bbc-radio-4-investigation-into-iapt-sep-2019.11360/page-2#post-204268 I followed some of Mike's links in his IAPT section: http://www.cbtwatch.com/category/iapt/ I found this LSE report, which forms part of...

https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/news/press-releases/vulnerable-people-at-great-risk-under-new-laws/

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/clinical/clinical-specialties/mental-health/revealed-how-patients-referred-to-mental-health-services-end-up-back-with-their-gp/20037700.article

Researching, practising, and debating mental health care Sarb Bajwa Niall Boyce Wendy Burn https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(18)30438-3/fulltext To me this looks like more empty blather from those unwilling to speak out about bad behaviour from their colleagues...

Shut away and threatened like animals: Families tell how their children with autism and learning disabilities were locked away in secret institutions for years after they asked for help Those with autism and learning disabilities have fallen into 'dismal ‘care’ Parents shocked after children...

Jim Al-khalili’s subject in his ‘The Life Scientific’ programme on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, February 14, was Professor Sir Simon Wessely. I thought given the new research into ME and Gulf War Illness this would be of interest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08dnr3g " Gulf War Syndrome. So...

https://www.thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2018/06/14/the-dwp-is-now-co-working-with-the-nhs-we-should-all-be-very-worried/

Note: this is from 2016. It's new to me but may be familiar to others. Paywalled at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00545-3/abstract Article in the Guardian, again from 2016...

In light of recent events I thought this was important. " In England and Wales, you can be detained in hospital against your will if you are diagnosed with a mental health disorder and it’s deemed that your health would benefit from a stay in hospital. In 2007, the definition of ‘disorder’ in...

I have no doubts that some patients are "difficult", but the answer offered by Clare Gerada is so... hum, don't even know how to qualify it. But sure, coming from her, it is not surprising, and quite telling...

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QZ8BV3T?platform=hootsuite

I don't know any of the signatories. https://www.thecanary.co/discovery/2017/10/18/dozens-leading-professionals-just-slammed-theresa-mays-controversial-new-mental-health-guru-letter/ PS/ I'll ask to put this thread in the psychosocial news when it's open.