Abstract
Between the 15 and 17 of June 1995, Liberty and other organisations concerned with human rights coordinated the Human Rights Convention. This gathering examined the meaning of human rights, why they matter, and how they could be strengthened. In the full programme there was a workshop on mental health. This workshop examined how mental health legislation and practices affect the human rights of psychiatric service users.
Highlights
Between the 15 and 17 of June 1995, Liberty and other organisations concerned with human rights coordinated the Human Rights Convention
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The discrimina tion experienced by people from ethnic minorities, the abuse of women detained on mixed wards and the difficulty in accessing a lawyer in the process of appealing to mental health tribunals
Summary
Between the 15 and 17 of June 1995, Liberty and other organisations concerned with human rights coordinated the Human Rights Convention. The workshop was attended by both users and professionals of mental health services, but psychiatry was underrepresented. The workshop wmaesmbefarciliotaftetdhe buyserPse' terorgCanamisaptbioenll w'Shuorvivisorsa Speak Out' and Camilla Parker from the Legal The current use of the Mental Health Act of 1983 was examined and examples were given of appropriate and inappropriate use of the sections of this act.
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