sectioning – A New Vision for Mental Health

Sheffield: Call to tackle ‘systemic racism’ in mental health care

Author: Editorial 9th December 2022 0 Comments

Hayley Brewer reports for the BBC: “A suicide survivor has said there are ‘systemic issues‘ with racism in the mental health system. Gambinga Gambinga, 43, from Sheffield, said black people ‘have a rougher ride’ in getting support than white people. NHS…
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BBC, Culture & Society, Gambinga Gambinga, male issues, Mental Health Act, NHS, racism, sectioning, Sheffield Afro Caribbean Mental Health Association

How to make Mental Health Act interviews more dialogical

Author: Editorial 7th December 2022 0 Comments

This blog post by Rob Manchester has been published on the website of Mad in the UK. Originally published on The Critical AMHP [AMHP: Approved Mental Health Professional) site], it begins: “I set out the case for this in an article last year entitled ‘It’s time…
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Critical AMHP (AMHP (Approved Mental Health Professional), Dialogical interviews, Mental Health Act assessment, Relational Psychiatry, Rob Manchester, Russell Razzaque, sectioning

‘Discriminatory’ mental health system overhauled

Author: Editorial 14th January 2021 0 Comments

“Plans have been announced to overhaul the mental health system – with the aim of making it less discriminatory towards black people.” Reporting for the BBC, Michael Buchanan writes : “Ministers say changes to how people are sectioned in England and…
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BBC, black people, Mental Health Act, Patient and Carers Race Equality Framework, sectioning

‘Policing’ mental health in London

Author: Editorial 7th May 2020 0 Comments

The BBC (February, 2019) report : “City of London Police set up a new scheme to improve how officers respond to mental health incidents.” You can watch a short video about this from here .

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BBC, London, mental health nurses, New Approaches, police, sectioning, street triage

Mental health nurses join police officers on duty

Author: Editorial 6th May 2020 0 Comments

The BBC report (April 2019) that: “Police in Berkshire have stopped more than 150 mental health patients from being sectioned or detained unnecessarily in cells over the past year. Officers credit an initiative where mental health nurses join them on duty for…
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BBC, mental health nurses, New Approaches, police, sectioning, street triage, videos