Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) are a frequently used tool in mental health legislation that authorise the compulsory treatment of a person without their consent. This treatment is generally reduced to nothing more than arrest and forced medication. This is counterproductive and should be stopped. Click here for updated paper full version. Click here for Tackling
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Latest News Chemical restraint definitionChief Psychiatrist Misleading Communique – 28 August 2023Resources Against Forced MedicationNathan Chetty: His StoryTackling Your CTOCommunity Treatment OrdersCall for withdrawal of the Chief Psychiatrist’s Communique – 2014Stopping Forced Medication in Prisons.Victorian Royal Commission: Analysis of ReportForced Medication Rejection ReportNegotiations With Key Decision Makers Regarding Their Policy StatementsMental Health Lobbying Report – 09
Contents 1. Victims Reconciliation Blocked 2. Crisis Intervention Proposal 3. Education Rights 4. Visiting Rights for Consumers 5. Forced Medication 6. Community Treatment Orders 7. An International Perspective 8. Related Articles 9. Inquiry into Mental Health Review Tribunal 10. Deinstitutionalisation Victims Reconciliation Blocked We were most concerned about the mental health legislation that was ready to
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Visiting an incarcerated patient breaks down the social isolation of detainees by providing physical, mental, and emotional support. Maintaining adequate connections with the outside world is an essential right for any patient isolated with limited human contact. In practice, access to patients in the forensic hospital is all but denied. Our history of attempts describes
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Proposal for Intervention in Mental Health Crises Police involvement in these situations often ends in disaster. The police killing of 95 year old Clare Nowland in aged care whilst in a walker continues the list. This paper updates the CJC/ICJ 2012 paper: ‘BEDLAM’ . Click here for the full updated paper 140224 This paper examines
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We are most concerned about the mental health legislation that is ready to pass the NSW Upper House around the 20th of November. The proposed secrecy for Victim Impact Statements (VIS) denies the forensic victim and offender involvement in the restorative justice process. It is The Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Amendment (Victims) Bill 2018, See schedules 1(8)
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Wayne “Fella” Morrison, was a 29-year-old Wiradjuri, Kookatha and Wirangu man who died in hospital at 3:50am on the 26th of September 2016. Mr. Morrision was involved in an altercation three days prior to his death that resulted in him being pulled unconscious from the back of a prisoner transportation van. He did not receive
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Duty of Care Australian police and correctional services have a duty of care to all prisoners. This duty of care must ensure the safety of all prisoners, by ensuring their physical and mental health needs are met in a swift and effective manner to prevent harm to the individual or others. Tragic and preventable deaths
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Latest News Report of LHDs Implementation of Miriam Merten Reforms Failed Health Department Plan Media Release 16th May 2018 Miriam Merton Mental Hospital Death Inquiry Media Release 22nd December 2017 Miriam Merton Mental Hospital Death Inquiry Media Release 9th November 2017 Miriam Merten health department inquiry Submission to the Legislative Assembly Public Accounts Committee –
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