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The scourge of restrictive practices in mental health care: ‘It just muted me’
The lack of NHS mental health provision for young people has led to many placements, out of sight and out of mind, in so-called ‘specialist,’ privately run units. This comes at great cost for all involved, writes RUTH HUNT
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DR HANA SAADA asks why a war crime against innocent children on this scale does not dominate the world’s coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran
From the colonial oil plunder of 1909 to the current threat of a regional inferno: Western interference in Iran forms a chain of coups, puppets, and cynical geopolitics centered on oil, says MARC VANDEPITTE
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
ALTHOUGH the NHS hands over vast sums to independent mental health service providers, those who have lost loved ones or have been damaged by long periods of restrictive practices, often have to fight to be even acknowledged — let alone get real justice.
For those who have been in these units either as patients or staff, there’s a feeling of relief they have survived. But they also have a need to share their stories, to add further weight to the call to shut these expensive units down and end unsafe restrictive practices.
Steph had a dream of working in mental health, using her own personal experiences and in turn, helping those who are going through similar turmoil.
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