Following last month release of the interim report of the Mental Health Act review
(
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-mental-health-act-interim-report
)
FEEL
members have signed in support to the letter NSUN
is sending to the leaders of the main political parties, to All Party
Parliamentary Groups which cover disability issues, and to the chair and
vice chairs of the Independent Review.
For our monthly FEEL meeting we are going to talk about the MH Act review and have invited Dorothy Gould, the service user consultant for NSUN,
to discuss together possible and necessary actions that we can take.
Psychiatry Survivors, Service Users and stakeholders at large seem to be
underrepresented in this process of reviewing the Act and we better
make the most, joining forces in this delicate time of changes.The meeting is taking place on Monday the 18th June 6:30-8:30pm at LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel E1 1ES. Please do join us.
We wish to thank those of you that
have kindly responded to our General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) approval request. Extra thanks
go
to the
lovely messages, greetings and encouraging words sent along many
of your
YES!
Bless you!!!
One last reminder
goes
to those that have not yet had the chance to respond
: we'll now have to delete you from our mailing list, unless you express your willingness to stay with us.
Please check/take/circulate the important survey on antipsychotic withdrawal below and the many events taking place these days.
Maastricht World Survey On Antipsychotic Medication Withdrawal
The survey aims to improve mental health services by better understanding medication withdrawal. Lead researcher is Will Hall, a therapist, PhD student, and former patient who has himself taken antipsychotics. Service users/survivors/consumers from around the world also gave input. The study is sponsored by Maastricht University in the Netherlands; co-sponsors include the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal.
Any questions, please contact will.hall@maastrichtuniversity.nl, Ph: +1 (413) 210-2803
www.antipsychoticwithdrawalsurvey.com
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TURN UP THE VOLUME: WMHN LAUNCH
Friday 8th June 7pm, with performances starting at 7.30pm, Kennedy Hall in Cecil Sharp House in Camden.
This night is raising money for our Women’s Mental Health Network, which will work to improve the current mental health system and criminal justice system for women, including the community services these women use. The network’s aim is to tailor these services provided to be more gender-specific so that women within the system will be believed, respected and treated like human beings. Tickets are £13, which includes a welcome drink, and you can buy your tickets to the event from our venue’s website. You can also join our Facebook event to stay up-to-date with information about the night. There are also some free tickets available for those on low income or benefits, and if you feel this applies to you, please contact us at: womensmhnetwork@gmail.com
https://womensmentalhealthnetwork.com/turn-up-the-volume-wmhn-launch/
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Is there a place for ‘Spirit’ in Science and Medicine?
Public Seminar arranged jointly by the Medical and Scientific Sections of the School for Spiritual Science
Friday evening 8th – Saturday 9th June, University of Westminster The Pavilion 101,New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6XH
At a time when reductionist and mechanical views of the Human Being dominate our Society and Medicine and more holistic approaches are being attacked in the name of Science, this seminar gives the opportunity to hear the scientific and epistemological foundations of another paradigm.
https://elysiahealth.org/event/seminar-humans-as-autonomous-spiritual-beings/
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ANTIUNIVERSITY NOW 2018
SAT 9 - FRI 15 JUNE. Various locations in London programme.antiuniversity.org
Antiuniversity Now is a collaborative experiment to challenge institutionalised education, access to learning and the mechanism of knowledge creation and distribution.Initiated in 2015, Antiuniversity Now was set up to reignite the 1968 Antiuniversity of London with the intention to challenge academic and class hierarchy and the exclusivity of the £9K-a-year-degree by inviting people to organise and share learning events in public spaces all over the country. Antiuniversity Now events are organised by academics and autodidacts, experts and enthusiasts and are open to all regardless of experience, background, age or qualification.They are free, accessible and inclusive and are delivered using non-hierarchical, participatory and democratic pedagogy.
Antiuniversity Now is a collaborative experiment to challenge institutionalised education, access to learning and the mechanism of knowledge creation and distribution.Initiated in 2015, Antiuniversity Now was set up to reignite the 1968 Antiuniversity of London with the intention to challenge academic and class hierarchy and the exclusivity of the £9K-a-year-degree by inviting people to organise and share learning events in public spaces all over the country. Antiuniversity Now events are organised by academics and autodidacts, experts and enthusiasts and are open to all regardless of experience, background, age or qualification.They are free, accessible and inclusive and are delivered using non-hierarchical, participatory and democratic pedagogy.
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RE:CREATE Psychiatry @ Arts in Mind
Sunday 10th June from 2pm to 4pm, Robin Murray Lecture Theatre, Institute of Psychiatry,
Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Denmark Hill
Campus, 16 De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF
The dialogue to conclude the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) Arts in Mind Festival ( which runs from the 4th to the 10th of June) will feature contributions from: Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt, parliamentary researcher and author of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health, and Wellbeing Report; David O’Flynn, Chair of the Adamson Collection and Consultant Psychiatrist in Rehabilitation and Challenging Behaviour, SLaM; Sally Marlow, radio broadcaster and addictions researcher, KCL; Stan Papoulias, Assistant Director of the Service User Research Enterprise, IoPPN; Peter MacRae and Hannah Ali from RCPsych’s Art Special Interest Group; Matthew Swann, CEO of the City of London Sinfonia; RE:CREATE Psychiatry Founding Members Lauren Gavaghan, Consultant Psychiatrist, and Susan Young, animation and mental health researcher, Royal College of Art; and Mao Fong Lim, medical student and the event’s Artist in Residence.
Free but booking is required https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recreate-psychiatry-shrinkradio-tickets-44638855017
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CRAZYWISE: film screening & discussion
, Organised by
Mind in Camden
Wed
18 July
.
Doors: 6.00pm
.
Screening: 6.30pm
.
Bar Interval: 8.00pm
.
Discussion: 8.30pm
Kennedy Lecture Theatre UCL Institute of Child Health 30 Guildford Street WC1N 1EH London
The discussion chaired by Akiko Hart (Hearing Voices Project Manager, Mind in Camden)
Panel to include: Jez Hughes (Shamanic healer & teacher)
,
Mohammed Abouelleil Rashed (Philosophy lecturer & researcher)
,
Satyin Taylor (NHS Spiritual Care / Chaplain)
,
Natalie Tobert (Medical Anthropologist & author)
TICKET
PRICE: £12 waged, £7.00 unwaged (if you are unable to pay online, you
can pay cash on the door, or otherwise please contact: John Wetherell
020 7241 8978 jwetherell@mindincamden.org.uk
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Women Leaders in Global Health Conference
November 8–9, 2018
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Women
are vital to the advancement of global health, making up 75% of the
healthcare workforce - yet occupying less than 25% of influential
leadership positions. WLGH18 supports women in all forms of leadership
from local communities to global organisations, from science to
politics. Join us at the conference to be part of the conversation and
to engage in mentoring and skills building opportunities.
