Community treatment orders (CTOs) Made under the Mental Health Act This section gives information about community treatment orders (CTO). It…
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PSYCHIATRY AN INDUSTRY OF DEATH
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Mentally ill subject to ‘physical violence and verbal threats’ while held under Mental Health Act, finds report
‘The inherent power imbalance means detained patients are vulnerable to potential coercive mistreatment, abuse and deprivation of human rights, leading…
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Mental health patients ‘raped and sexually assaulted’ as NHS abuse scandal revealed
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/sexual-abuse-mental-health-uk-b2484163.html A major investigation by The Independent’s Rebecca Thomas and Sky News’s Rob Mulhern has revealed the horrific scale of…
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More than a third of adults lack confidence in mental health hospitals after string of scandals
More than 1 in 3 British adults (35%) say they don’t have confidence that a loved one would be safe…
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Little evidence for community treatment orders – a battle fought with heavy weapons
This editorial discusses the pros and cons of community treatment orders (CTOs) from the perspective of community general adult psychiatry.…
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Mental health and the criminal justice system
https://www.college.police.uk/app/mental-health/mental-health-and-criminal-justice-system https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/cjji/media/press-releases/2021/11/mentalhealth2021/ This page is from APP, the official source of professional practice for policing. Police responses to allegations of…
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UK Family Courts Are Harming Children’s and Parent’s Mental Health
Posted by Natasha in Family Law, Researching Reform, social work https://researchingreform.net/2019/01/22/uk-family-courts-are-harming-childrens-and-parents-mental-health/ Complaints by families that their mental health is being…
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Whistleblower: Social worker brutalised by Met Police
Listen to “Whistleblower- Social Worker Brutalised By Police And Social Services For Daring To Protect Children” on Spreaker. For a…
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Whistleblowing: list of prescribed people and bodies
If you decide to blow the whistle to a prescribed person rather than your employer, you must make sure that…
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I went undercover to expose abuse at a mental health hospital
By Alan Haslam BBC Panorama https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63061077 A vulnerable young woman is locked on the other side of a thick glass…
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