Psychiatry: An Abuse Of Human Rights?

F.E.E.L. - Friends of East End Loonies are hosting an event about the recent Mental Health Act review presented in December 2018 and its disregards to the United Nations' recommendations on the CRPD (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).

Friday 22 March 2019, 7-9 pm 
Doors open at 6:30 pm for refreshments

Kingsley Hall Community Centre
 1 Powis Road, London E3 3HJ

 "Psychiatry: An Abuse Of Human Rights?"

Akiko Hart (Chair of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis UK - ISPS UK; English Hearing Voices Network; HV Project Manager, Mind in Camden) www.akikohart.com 'The Alternative Review'

Dorothy Gould (Survivor Consultant, Researcher and Trainer) 

'The fit between the rights of people with lived experience and the recommendations in the final Mental Health Act Review report'

Liz Brosnan (Survivor Researcher, member of SURE - Service User Research Enterprise, and EURIKHA) www.researchgate.net/profile/Liz_Brosnan

 'The Irish Mental Health Act Review: What happened and whose views got heard?'

The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A

No entrance fee but there will be a collection to cover costs

 

The Mental Health Act review

The Mental Health Act review was published on 6thDecember 2018. Its aim was to look at how legislation around the Mental Health Act 1983 is used and makes recommendations to government. It was commissioned bythe Tory Government in response to increasing numbers of people being detained under the Act, including disproportionate numbers of black, Asian & ethnic minority people (See bit.ly/2D2Gqw8)

United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

This Convention is an International legal agreement adopted by the United Nations in 2007 to change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities. It is intended to protect the human rights of persons with disabilities,looking at areas where their rights have been violated.The convention covers a wide range of areas including health, employment, personal security & independent living. The UK signed the treaty in 2009. (bit.ly/2JZyVIX)