Category: Mental health care

Let me die, before I am killed – a black male schizophrenic plea in relation to the Mental Health Act… more

The news of yet another scandal involving the “physical and emotional abuse” of people with learning difficulties has sent shock… more

As an experience-led self-harm support organisation, the issue of how people are treated in A&E for self-harm has been an… more

A new Mental Health Charter for Britainby Tom Griffiths, Manchester Mental Health Charter Alliance We are said to be living… more

Many readers will have watched the predictably, yet excruciating entitled documentary ‘Losing It’, that hit the Channel Four screens this… more

British Institute of Human Rights launches “Know Your Human Rights” self-advocacy tool This week the British Institute of Human Rights… more

I’m what’s known as a high functioning Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) sufferer. That’s what I was told many years ago… more

Against the backdrop of `mental health awareness week’ I am feeling suicidal. My life has no purpose or meaning, and… more

I never met my grandfather. He died in 1954, long before I was born. I know that he was a… more

Laura Lord and Nicola Gale (both of the University of Birmingham) wrote a paper “Subjective experience or objective process: ”Understanding… more