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Psychiatry: An Abuse Of Human Rights?

F.E.E.L. - Friends of East End Loonies are hosting an event about the recent Mental Health Act review presented in December 2018 and its disregards to the United Nations' recommendations on the CRPD (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).

Guest speakers for the evening are:

  • Akiko Hart (Chair of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis UK - ISPS UK; English Hearing Voices Network; Hearing Voices Project Manager, Mind in Camden) www.akikohart.com 'The Alternative Review'
  • Dorothy Gould (Survivor Consultant, Researcher and Trainer) www.survivor-research.com/dorothy-gould 'The fit between the rights of people with lived experience and the recommendations in the final Mental Health Act Review report'
  • Liz Brosnan (Survivor Researcher, member of SURE - Service User Research Enterprise, and EURIKHA) www.researchgate.net/profile/Liz_Brosnan

The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session and discussion.

No entrance fee but there will be a collection to cover costs. For more information please visit http://friends-of-east-end-loonies.blogspot.com

Location 
Kingsley Hall Community Centre
Powis Road
E3 3HJ London