“Free Saeed Dezfouli” Campaign “I am a patient with patients’ rights, an inmate with inmates’ rights and a human being with human rights. These rights have been fundamentally and severely violated by unprofessional and sadistic state government employees in the positions of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses and prison officers. They are required to go by the […]
Due to a request from the Mental Health Review Tribunal, the Justice Action team was forced to remove the names of persons related to the proceedings. Our plaintiff’s name has been replaced with ‘A’. This occurs despite the clear wishes of A to have his name publicised and the basic entitlement to freely and publicly
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Overview: Maintaining adequate connections with the outside world is an essential right for any patient isolated with limited human contact. Mental health patients are legally entitled to rehabilitative care and support, not punishment based treatment. Therefore to withhold visitation rights of a patient, which is an essential aspect of their social devolvement during the rehabilitative
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Overview: The right to a name is basic to being human, being of worth and having a place in society. Without a name you have no unique reference point for others to relate to. However in the mental health area this right is conditional on the permission of the Health authorities, as an expression of
HISTORY Michael has long been able to manage his own condition, and his own community had no idea that he was classified as mentally ill. It was only after a call by his family to the police out of concern for his wellbeing that he came to the attention of the mental health system. Although
New Mental Health Bill Useless The Sydney Morning Herald article dated 7 November 2014 criticises the Mental Health Bill. The Bill comes before the NSW Legislative Council the week of 10 November. It needs to be stopped and amended. Our analysis of the Bill is underneath the Sydney Morning Herald article. Act now! Contact the Minister Jai
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Report on the 10th National Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Forum 2015 The 10th National Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Forum was held in Melbourne on 28th and 29th of May 2015. The Forum continues the work to give respect to mental consumers and help with their issues without force being used against them. The National Mental Health Commission (NMHC) launched
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An open letter to Dr. Antonio Simonelli, head of the Justice Health Treating Team for Malcolm Baker Re: Malcolm Baker Mental Health Review Tribunal Hearing, 30 April 2015 From: Brett Collins To: Antonio Simonelli Date: Tuesday, 28 April 2015 19:40 pm Dear Dr. Simonelli, Malcolm’s independent psychiatrist, Dr. Yola Lucire, has asked to see treatment and
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Malcolm Baker H.R.M.C.C. Goulburn, NSW 30 July 2012 To Whom It May Concern, I would like to express to you that I feel sad and frustrated regarding the decision to have me take anti-psychotic medication based on incorrect diagnosis made by a Justice Health psychiatrist. In support of my claim that I do not have
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