Category Archives: Rights

Hanged if you do… hanged if you don’t

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Don’t worry – it’s not as bad as all that!

Assertiveness in mental health care

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It’s important to be assertive in mental health care but please don’t confuse that with aggression. Your needs as a clinician or care provider are not the only ones that matter.

Assertiveness matters

Duty, capacity and risk

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Far too many people who really ought to know better think that mental health workers can’t intervene if a suicidal person “has capacity”.

THIS IS NONSENSE!

Picture on the box 11: Personality disorder

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Personality disorder may be one of the most misunderstood diagnoses in mental health. Those diagnosed with it may be the most unfairly treated too!

Rights and mental health

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It is not the task of mental health workers to take away another person’s individuality.