On the run up to the Scottish Parliamentary elections we were faced with a barrage of promises and pledges on what it’s supposed is important to us. Unfortunately, you will not see much in the way of specifics in the area of mental health issues, although much is spoken about health as a general topic. [...]

Guernsey’s mental health legislation is going to the States for approval, after being worked on for nearly eight years. The mental health laws date back to 1939 and have fallen significantly behind those in the UK, which were most recently updated in 2000. Guernsey agreed to update its laws in November 2002, but it has [...]

Entitled ‘Ethnicity and the Use of the Mental Health Act,’ speakers at  this London conference focused on  the  data, which once again shows that the forced  detention rates of black people under the Mental Health Act continues to rise year on year while dropping for the rest of the populating. Read the views of a [...]