Mental Tribunal threatens imprisonment for using name Media release: Monday May 25, 2020 “The NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal has ordered Justice Action to take down a media release regarding the forced medication of Kerry O’Malley by 5pm today or face a year in prison and a $5000 fine” said Justice Action Coordinator Mr Brett Collins. “The Tribunal
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Kerry O’Malley interview Kerry talks about the impact of forced medication on her, the Tribunal hearing for the Community Treatment Order, the alternative plan she proposed, and what actually helps her live her life.Here it is! Justice Action is helping her challenge this outrageous order, which subjects her to the injection of anti-psychotic drugs causing
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Below is a copy of our request for support for Kerry O’Malley that has been distributed to mental health, legal and carer organisations across Australia. Kerry’s support team We ask you to support Kerry O’Malley’s appeal to the Supreme Court to stop her from being forcibly medicated. If we cannot protect this gentle 74-year-old mother
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Medication Forced Again Kerry O’Malley Report: Mental Health Review Tribunal Hearing 1/4/20 See full report here Denial of Representation2 Access to Documentation3 Personal Control Obstructed4 Independent Tribunal?5 Appendix A: Selective Examination of the MHRT Annual Report 2018-96 Appendix B: Negotiations with Mental Health Review Tribunal6 Kerry O’Malley, defending against an application by the Health Department
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Health Department Rejected Media Release October 17, 2017 Mental health consumers have won another battle against the use of forced medication. After years of being subject to Community Treatment Orders (CTO), 71 year old Kerry O’Malley today won agreement from the Mental Health Review Tribunal to reject the CTO against her. A forced injection is the antithesis of
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Overview The case of Michael Riley illustrates how the mental health system consistently fails to protect the rights of individuals whose behaviour is perceived as indicative of mental illness. In particular, it sheds light on how interpretations of section 14 of the Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW),1 which stipulates the definition of ‘mentally ill’, are often
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Kerry Adjourned – Health Department Files Opened At the hearing on Wednesday March 11, Kerry O’Malley requested Justice Action’s assistance once again to represent her. A primary issue was to gain access to her medical file to which she and her representative was entitled. The treating team at Penrith had ignored the requests to see
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Kerry O’Malley – Chemical Restraint in PracticeReport CTO order retained: 22 August 2017 Kerry O’Malley is a 71-year-old woman whose involvement in the mental health system over the last 47 years has revealed the extent to which draconian control and dismissal of individual autonomy is entrenched in the culture of Australia’s mental health system. She
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For the last two years, Kerry O’Malley was in control of her life and living independently. Recently, she travelled alone to Ireland for a six-month holiday, visiting friends and relatives without any difficulty and occasion of trouble. Upon returning home, she was disturbed by an incident involving a person she knew. Kerry soon after became
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