By Ruth Dayspring
BMH UK's director Matilda MacAttram's meeting this week with minister of state for health Jeremy Hunt MP at a time when a damning report has criticised the IPCC's investigation into the death of mental health service user Sean Rigg will be among the issues discussed on BBC Radio London... Read more..
By Ruth Dayspring Croydon MP Steve Reed is set to speak out today against the disturbing spate of deaths of black service users, and bring to parliament's attention the case of Olaseni Lewis who died after he was restrained by 11 police officers who were called onto a ward run by South London and... Read more..
By Zephaniah Samuels The IPCC's chair Anne Owers and acting chief executive Amanda Kelly will join community leaders, activists and mental health service users from the UK's African Caribbean communities at a community engagement seminar this week, organised by BMH UK, as part of the review of... Read more..
By Staff writer Dispelling the overused myth that people who suffer from mental health issues are dangerous, new research published by University College London and the Institute of Psychiatry show that those suffering from mental ill health or a psychical disability are at increased risk of being... Read more..
BMH UK's director Matilda MacAttram's meeting this week with minister of state for health Jeremy Hunt MP at a time when a damning report has criticised the IPCC's investigation into the death of mental health service user Sean Rigg will be among the issues discussed on BBC Radio London this Sunday 19th May, from 8.00 – 10.00pm.
By Staff writer Black Mental Health UK will be raising concerns over the impact that the Met's Taser Roll across the capital is likely to have on service users from the UK's African Caribbean communities and the community in general at the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee Taser Working Group, at City Hall today, Thursday 16th May.
The British Psychological Society's statement that there is no scientific evidence that psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia are valid or useful has been welcomed by health professionals and mental health service users from the UK's African Caribbean communities routinely labelled with this condition.
By Staff writer Comments by the new president of the Police Superintendent's Association of England and Wales, Ch Supt Irene Curtis that 'far too many people detained by police under the Mental Health Act end up in police cells simply because there is nowhere else to take them' has reinforced the calls for urgent reform made by health campaigners over the years.
By Staff writer Shocking reports of plans by Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) Durham to cremate the body of Nigerian master's student Boniface Umale in the face of protest by his friends and family over the lack of any explanation of how this physically healthy man died, has raised fears of a cover up.
By Ruth Dayspring Croydon MP Steve Reed is set to speak out today against the disturbing spate of deaths of black service users, and bring to parliament's attention the case of Olaseni Lewis who died after he was restrained by 11 police officers who were called onto a ward run by South London and Maudsley NHS Trust in 2010.
By Zephaniah Samuels The IPCC's chair Anne Owers and acting chief executive Amanda Kelly will join community leaders, activists and mental health service users from the UK's African Caribbean communities at a community engagement seminar this week, organised by BMH UK, as part of the review of the police watchdog's work involving a death in police custody.
The inquest into the death of Jimmy Mubenga will begins at Isleworth Crown Court on Monday 13 May, at Iselworth Crown Court, 36 Ridgeway Road, Iselworth, Middlesex, before Karon Monaghan Q, Assistant Deputy Coroner for Hammersmith and Fulham.
By Staff writer Adding to a growing body of evidence which shows that faith plays a positive role in mental health and wellbeing, a new study shows that belief in God may significantly improve the outcomes of people being treated for a psychiatric condition.
By Zephaniah Samuels With mental health service users accounting for 50% of those who lose their lives while in police custody, the prosecution for misconduct of officers involved in the tragic death of mental health service user Colin Holt, which will begin on Wednesday 24th April at Maidstone Crown Court is of widespread interest across this sector.
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