The Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at Ruhr University, Bochum are holding an International Spring School on… Read more
Tag: Mental health
Deceiving in the name of best interests
In Re AB [2016] EWCOP 66 which was decided in December 2016, but which only appeared on Bailii in March… Read more
Professor Sir Richard Trainor Scholarship for a PhD student to work on “Mental health justice and the capability to live in the community”
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PhD student to work on the major Wellcome Trust funded Mental Health and… Read more
Service user advisory group members sought for Mental Health and Justice project
We are looking as part of the major Wellcome Trust-funded Mental Health and Justice project to recruit eight people with… Read more
Wellcome Trust Clinical Research position: Supporting Advance Directives in Bipolar Disorder: apply now!
As part of a team (Dr Gareth Owen (psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience), Dr Tania Gergel (mental health… Read more
Shining a Light Behind Closed Doors
Eleanore Fritze, a deeply impressive lawyer from Victoria in Australia, has written a fascinating, and compelling, report entitled “Shining a… Read more
Book Review – Mental Health Tribunal Handbook
Mental Health Tribunal Handbook: Sarah Johnston, Sophy Miles and Dr Claire Royston (Legal Action Group, 2015: £48) This new work… Read more
Voting, mental health and mental capacity
A short topical post to add to the mix in the seemingly endless General Election campaign to draw your attention… Read more
Mental Health Act Code of Practice now out
The new Mental Health Act Code of Practice has been published, to come into force in April subject to Parliamentary… Read more