Overview Coercion is considered a violation of dignity and fundamental human rights. The use of coercive practices in mental health services contradicts the care and compassion upon which the healthcare system is built. It is dishonest that the health system continues to administer involuntary medication through physically holding patients and injecting them and is still […]
Chemical Restraint Definition Campaign Read More »
Harrow M, Jobe TH, Tong L. (2021). Twenty-year effects of antipsychotics in schizophrenia and affective psychotic disorders. Psychological Medicine, 1–11.This is a particularly damning study against the use of forced medication. This study investigated, over a 20-year period, the effect of antipsychotic medication upon a large number of patients suffering schizophrenia. The particularly damning finding
Evidence Against Forced Medication Read More »
OVERVIEW Nathan Chetty is a gentle person of Indian-Fijian descent, who is almost blind. Nathan had been traumatised following threats from a family member. In 2015 he was accused of pulling overhead electrical wires while standing on the car in the garage, responding to a perceived threat of electrical damage. Since 2015 he has been
The campaign against the Chief Psychiatrist’s Communique 2014 was sent to Bronwyn Taylor MLC – NSW Minister for Mental Health, Dr. Murray Wright – Chief Psychiatrist NSW Health and Judge Paul Lakatos SC – President, Mental Health Review Tribunal. We are still awaiting a response from Dr. Murray Wright and Bronwyn Taylor MLC. As you
Call for withdrawal of the Chief Psychiatrist’s Communique 2014 Read More »