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Peter Beresford raises important points about the links between injustice and health. But would it be helpful to unpack different types of 'psych' approaches: i) organised mass manipulation of views, often using social media; ii) provision of healthcare and preventive advice by health professionals; iii) awareness that what we think and feel should not be necessarily taken at face value but rather questioned in the light of what the powerful and wealthy might want from the rest of us?

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Stop forced treatment with antipsychotics which will lead to a tsunami of people developing dementia

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Stop forced treatment with antipsychotics which will lead to a tsunami of people developing dementia

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Love the analogy to Dr. Strangelove and mutually assured destruction. Who is labelled mad when all the systems we operate within are the ones that are pathological and growing more so as time goes on?

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In health communication, eed to move away from a deficit approach, assuming communities just don't know what we know, when instead we need to understand their perceptions of mistrust and respect the origins of that mistrust

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work together with groups with other shared social aims: strength in numbers

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How can mental health organisations, especially professional bodies, come together with a consistent message for Govt that mental health is not individual fault or responsbility, and advocate a socially responsible response to mental health?

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How can we as individuals do something about such huge injustices?

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How can we as individuals do something about such huge injustices?

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how do we bring people on board? the majority of the public who are not politicised?

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Do public initiatives such as Time To Talk inadvertently encourage an individual focus (individual needs to disclose/seek help rather than considering social support or lack of services) - what should the alternative message be?

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Inform about the adverse affects of psych medications before prescribing them.  Learn about the correct methods of reducing or withdrawing from these toxic medications especially when taken long term.  Take time to do your own research from the many resources which can inform you about how service users experience the harm caused by the usual treatments given by mental health services.  Have a look at theinnercompass  website for example where you will find many ways to help people who are attempting to withdraw from their psychiatric drugs.

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We need to respect each other's views 'within' activist groups and outside them

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We need to respect each other's views 'within' activist groups and outside them

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even if we are anti-psychiatry, or anti-recovery, or anti x,y,z, we need to respect that other survivors have different experiences and can come to different conclusions that doesn't make their, or our own 'truths' any less valid . We are stronger together and can be most effective if we find commonality and hear each other

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Join the Group on Facebook called "Speak out against Psychiatry"

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Join the Group on Facebook called "Speak out against Psychiatry"

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Re issues for LGBTQ+ people, we may be affected even more than average by the shift towards austerity (leaving many of us reliant on others who may not fully accept us), removal of workplace and broader democratic rights and 'othering' promoted by Brexit and government's general appeal to a type of British identity which marginalises some minorities, with ill-effects on mental and physical health and inclusion. So stronger links with others campaigning on such issues (taking account that we belong to overlapping communities) may be helpful in achieving change

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Re issues for LGBTQ+ people, we may be affected even more than average by the shift towards austerity (leaving many of us reliant on others who may not fully accept us), removal of workplace and broader democratic rights and 'othering' promoted by Brexit and government's general appeal to a type of British identity which marginalises some minorities, with ill-effects on mental and physical health and inclusion. So stronger links with others campaigning on such issues (taking account that we belong to overlapping communities) may be helpful in achieving change

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Have a look at the AD4E - drop the disorder on Facebook groups.

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Have a look at the AD4E - drop the disorder on Facebook groups.

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Rianna spoke powerfully about the racism built into the mental health system, and this is also clear in terms of the disproportionate use of coercive measures against Black people within the psychiatric system. What kind of model of mental health care could avoid this?

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It would be helpful if politicians on the Left took a look at how Peter Beresford views the problems regarding politics and psychiatry - especially with regard to the psychiatrisation of the public by right wing governments around the world !

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It would be helpful if politicians on the Left took a look at how Peter Beresford views the problems regarding politics and psychiatry - especially with regard to the psychiatrisation of the public by right wing governments around the world !

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I am thinking that all presentations can be linked to the idea at the core of Psichiatria Democratica, which was a radical psychiatric experience in Italy led by Basaglia in the 1970s. According to this movement, psychiatry should consider society in the understanding and treatment of any indivisual affected by mental illness. This experience valued the person trying to avoid any label. Now, this is quite simplistic, but I believe that learning more about that experience can help to comprehend the present state of the British mental health system.

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Psychiatry in its present form is treacherous for so many people.  It needs a completely new paradigm in order to work with people who suffer with many social aspects in their lives.  Hierarchical power is everywhere and we need to change the pattern to more equality, diversity and democracy - bring the people with lived experience into the discussions and research.  Their voices are the most important when working with mental health/distressing emotions and suffering.  Find out where their pain actually derives from before treatment is given.  FIRST DO NO HARM .

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Psychiatry in its present form is treacherous for so many people.  It needs a completely new paradigm in order to work with people who suffer with many social aspects in their lives.  Hierarchical power is everywhere and we need to change the pattern to more equality, diversity and democracy - bring the people with lived experience into the discussions and research.  Their voices are the most important when working with mental health/distressing emotions and suffering.  Find out where their pain actually derives from before treatment is given.  FIRST DO NO HARM .

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We were delighted that members of the BABCP Board and Equality & Culture Special Interest Group worked with IAPT to produce an updated version of their BAME Service User Positive Practice Guide in 2019.

With a foreword by BABCP president Professor Paul Salkovskis, this guide includes information on topics such as engagement with service users and workforce planning, as well as useful references and tools.

Although published for use in IAPT services, we hope that all BABCP members and other mental health practitioners will take the opportunity to use the guide in reaching all our communities.

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We were delighted that members of the BABCP Board and Equality & Culture Special Interest Group worked with IAPT to produce an updated version of their BAME Service User Positive Practice Guide in 2019. With a foreword by BABCP president Professor Paul Salkovskis, this guide includes information on topics such as engagement with service users and workforce planning, as well as useful references and tools.

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Agree with the statement above the researchers need to move away from the deficit model, and start treating all people with respect, not matter what label they've got. Diagnostic labels can be helpful, but they don't make diagnosed people less worthy than others without a diagnosis.

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Agree with the statement above the researchers need to move away from the deficit model, and start treating all people with respect, not matter what label they've got. Diagnostic labels can be helpful, but they don't make diagnosed people less worthy than others without a diagnosis.