involuntary detention – A New Vision for Mental Health

Is Psychiatry Working?

Author: Editorial 24th February 2023 0 Comments

This series of 30 minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 has six episodes: Crisis : Writer Horatio Clare and psychiatrist Femi Oyebode discuss psychiatric crisis care with patients and clinicians. Detention : How do we treat people, often against their will, under…
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audio, BBC, BBC Radio 4, coercive psychiatry, diagnostic labelling, involuntary detention, psychiatry, psychotherapy

Helping People Thrive 2020

Author: Editorial 20th January 2022 0 Comments

This booklet – subtitled “Stories and Lessons in Transforming Care” – has been authored by Alicia Wood, with editing and contributions from Baroness Hollins, David Nuttall, David Towell and Bob Tindall, and design by Henry Iles. The publishers say: “These stories…
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Alicia Wood, Bob Tindall, books, Clients & Patients, David Nuttall, David Towell, Henry Iles, in-patients, involuntary detention, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, person-centred, Sheila Hollins

People with autism are being locked away in institutions. A radical change is needed

Author: Editorial 19th January 2022 0 Comments

This article comes from Dr. Sheila Hollins and has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “When people like my son go into crisis there is a high chance they won’t be supported at home – not because they can’t be…
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autism, Clients & Patients, in-patient experiences, involuntary detention, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, person-centred, Sheila Hollins, The Guardian