PRESS RELEASE – MENTAL HEALTH PROTEST
On 20th November 2018, Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) will be protesting against mental health services that are designed to further a political agenda at the expense of patients. MHRN will respond to this agenda by spelling out the real needs and wishes of people who live with mental distress in a statement of demands that has been written by them.
A Melbourne Social Equity Institute research team has undertaken a systematic review of global practices that aim to reduce, prevent and end coercive practices in mental health settings. It was commissioned by the United Nations Office in Geneva, and will inform a report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This animation was commissioned to disseminate the findings from a research project carried out at Middlesex University.
MITUK’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for fundamentally re-thinking theory and practice in the field of mental health in the UK, and promoting positive change.
More than 200 patients killed themselves in mental health units over seven years, new figures have revealed, prompting concern about the safety and quality of care.
