 By Zephaniah Samuels
With black service users more likely to find their mobility hindered by high doses of antipsychotic drugs, changes in the Welfare Reform Bill will mean those currently receiving benefits enabling them to get around are likely to lose out, leaving them trapped in their homes.
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 By Ruth Dayspring
The visit to Marshall Street, Birmingham by the iconic American civil rights activist Malcolm X will be commemorated with the unveiling of a blue plaque on, Tuesday 21 February.
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 By Zephaniah Samuels
With figures indicating that in London alone 30% of children in care are from the UK's African Caribbean communities, a new report showing that youngsters in this system feel unable to talk to staff about their emotional needs is of major concern.
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 By Staff writer
Additions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) also known as 'the psychiatrists bible' has seen professionals up in arms, warning that changes to this latest edition are potentially dangerous.
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 By Ruth Dayspring
Social media sites have been awash with messages of condolence at the sad news that the most awarded women in music history, Whitney Huston, has passed away at the age of 48.
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 By Staff writer
Extremely cold weather increases mortality and poses a high health risk to many, particularly children and elderly, homeless or intoxicated people, the World Health Authority (WHO) has warned.
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Campaigners have voiced shock at news of moves to exclude Janet Alder from the funeral of her brother Christopher Alder, set to take place at 11.30 am today.
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 By Ruth Dayspring
In an attempt to regain public confidence the IPCC have confirmed that will review the way deaths in custody cases are currently handled, after it has come to light that official figures on how many people have died in custody has been understated.
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 By Zephaniah Samuels Exclusive!
BMH UK has learnt that the grieving family of Kingsley Burrell-Brown will not be able to bury their loved one for a further six months after the IPCC have stated that they intend to extend investigations into his death.
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The unionists and community activists who attended Black Mental Health UK's packed seminar on the National Criminal DNA database this weekend, have confirmed that this issue is still a major concern for Black Britain.
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 ByRuth Dayspring
With data from the last Count Me In Census showing that detention rates of black people under the Mental Health Act is at an all time historic high, comments by Doreen Lawrence that David Cameron should be doing more to tackle racial prejudice have been welcomed.
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With ethnic minorities making up a staggering 40% of the those in youth jails, calls by INQUEST for action following the deaths of two children in custody in less than a week has secured backing across the community.
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 By Staff writer
Newsnights coverage of the family of mental health service user Sean Rigg's campaigns for justice, has put a national spotlight on an issue that is of widespread concern across the community.
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 By Ruth Dayspring Exclusive!
Former equalities chief Lord Herman Ouseley has questioned the government over the retention of the DNA of innocent mental health service users ahead of this week's debate on the Protection of Freedoms Bill.
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 By Zephaniah Samuels
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism will launch findings of a six month investigation into deaths in police custody at a reception planned for the evening of Tuesday 31 January 2012.
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 By Zephaniah Samuels
With children from ethnic minority communities making up a staggering 40% of people locked up in the youth justice system calls by a leading think tank for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 12 has been welcomed across the community.
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 By Staff writer
The UFFC have stepped up calls for an independent judicial inquiry into all suspicious deaths in custody with the launch of a new 10 Downing Street petition.
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 By Staff writer
The National Afrikan People's Parliament (NAAP) has launched a facebook page where people from the community can pledge their support and find out more about this initiative.
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A new report by the Runnymede Trust on Criminal Justice and race exposes the persistent discrimination faced by Britain's ethnic minorities, and in particular black youth, which it can be argued has criminalised a generation.
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 A call has gone out through face book for people to support the family of Wayne Hamilton by attending his Inquest scheduled for 10.00 am Monday 30 January at Legal Centre, Watery Street, Sheffield, S3 7ES.
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 With government figures showing that young men from black and ethnic monitory communities make up a staggering 40% of the population in youth jails, it is hoped that a parliamentary meeting on reducing reoffending planned for this week will go some way to addressing this issue.
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 Black Mental Health UK's campaign to ensure that mental health service users detained under the Mental Health Act do not have their DNA taken in the same way as suspected criminals will be discussed on BBC Radio London from 8.00 – 10.00pm, Sunday 15th October.
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 By Ruth Dayspring
Rt Hon David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, will deliver this year's Jim Rose Lecture. He will speak about the challenges he faced during last Summer's riots sparked by the police killing of his constituent Mark Duggan.
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In an open letter to Lord Henley, Black Mental Health UK, Big Brother Watch and Gene Watch UK have called for changes to made to the Protection of Freedoms Bill to end the practice of taking innocent mental health service users DNA.
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 By Zephaniah Samuels
Prime Minister David Cameron's commitment to combat the racism in Britain has been welcomed by community activists working within mental health services.
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 By Zephaniah Samuels
BMH UK have renewed its calls for the scrapping of plans for the indefinite retention of innocent DNA in any form, as the Protection of Freedoms Bill is set to be debated in the House of Lords.
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The Patient and Public Involvement Programme (PPI) and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health are seeking service users and carers to be part of the group that updates the clinical guidelines on psychosis and schizophrenia.
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While welcoming the conviction of two members of the gang of white youths who stabbed Stephen Lawrence to death in 1993, Rev Jackson has made it clear that justice will only be served when all responsible for his murder are behind bars.
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The issue of mental ill health is still being swept under the carpet in most workplaces, with just four in ten employees saying they would feel confident to disclose a mental health problem to their employer.
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