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  • Report on symposium Recovery in the Global South 4th September 2019
      • Community Participation
      • Workstream 2
    • Oct 01, 2019
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    Ursula Read, together with Sumeet Jain, University of Edinburgh, convened a symposium entitled ‘Recovery in the Global South’ at the Refocus on Recovery conference at the University of Nottingham on 4th September 2019. This conference brings together persons involved in recovery research and practice in mental health. The symposium featured ‘lightning talks’ from scholars conducting

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  • Mental Health and Justice colloquium 2019
      • Advance Directives
      • Community Participation
      • Contested Assessment
      • Insight
      • Legal Capacity
      • Metacognition
    • Sep 30, 2019
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    Members of the Mental Health and Justice research project gathered across the workstreams, alongside participants of the Service User Advisory Group (SUAG) the Advisory Board and Bethlem Gallery, for the MHJ Colloquium 2019. Convening at the Wellcome Trust in London on 16 September, each workstream presented the developments and future areas of research to the

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  • Emma Wynne Bannister presents her PhD research at the Human Development and Capability Association
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      • Workstream 2
    • Sep 23, 2019
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    Emma Wynne Bannister

    Emma Wynne Bannister presented her PhD research on “Mental health justice and the capability to live in the community as an equal member” at the HDCA (Human Development and Capability Association) conference on 11 September 2019. Her poster aimed to make a philosophical argument for a human/moral right to ‘the capability to live in the

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  • Emma Wynne-Bannister presents at the 8th Symposium of CONACYT Scholarship Holders
      • Community Participation
      • Output
      • Workstream 2
    • Apr 03, 2019
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    Emma Wynne-Bannister presented her work on the right to live in the community for persons with mental health problems at the 8th Symposium of CONACYT Scholarship Holders in Europe 8th Symposium of the CONACYT Scholarship Holders in Europe. Emma Wynne-Bannister, who carries out a PhD as part of Workstream 2, presented her work on the

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  • New ESRC/AHRC project on partnerships between traditional and faith healers and mental health workers to reduce coercion and restraint in Ghana
      • Community Participation
      • Workstream 2
    • Apr 02, 2019
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    Spiritual revival healing center

    Dr Ursula Read, who leads on the research in Ghana for Workstream 2, together with Dr Erminia Colucci from Middlesex University, has successfully obtained a grant from the Global Challenges Research Fund, awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project entitled “Using collaborative visual

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  • Integration and beyond
      • Community Participation
      • Output
      • Workstream 2
    • Mar 26, 2019
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    Sridhar Venkatapuram (WS2) publishes a response to De Rosa et al.’s call for integrating biological and social psychiatry, in International Journal of Social Psychiatry.  Venkatapuram provides a brief and succinct response to De Rosa’s et al. (2018) article entitled “Social versus biological psychiatry: It’s time for integration!” He argues for paying attention to the fundamental conceptual and ethical

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  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Directory (MHPSS) – West Bank/occupied Palestinian territory
      • Community Participation
      • Output
      • Workstream 2
    • Dec 11, 2018
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    Directory of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS) in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory

    Our Mental Health and Psychosocial Directory (MHPSS) Directory provides up-to-date information about governmental and non-governmental organisations providing mental health and psychosocial support services in the West Bank of the occupied Palestinian territory. It includes contact information, service location, types of services and activities, beneficiaries and MHPSS staffing. The directory is available in both English and

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  • “Support and Independence in the Community” present a poster at the 2018 KCL Health Inequalities Research Network (HERON) Conference
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      • Workstream 2
    • Dec 03, 2018
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    Emma and Meryem presenting Workstream 2’s preliminary findings at the 2018 HERON conference.

    Support and Independence in the Community, presented a poster on “Community inclusion for people with psychosocial disabilities in Ghana and Palestine” at the ‘Health Inequalities Research Network’ (HERON) conference on 31st October 2018. Our PhD student, Emma Wynne-Bannister, and Research Assistant, Meryem Cicek, presented initial project findings related to Article 19 of the UN Convention

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  • Dr Ursula Read presents at World Psychiatric Association African Regional Congress in Addis Ababa
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      • Output
      • Workstream 2
    • Nov 22, 2018
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    Dr Ursula Read, who leads on the research in Ghana for Workstream 2, presented findings from the community mapping and stakeholder interviews in Ghana at a meeting of the World Psychiatric Association in Addis Ababa in November attended by psychiatrists and researchers from across Africa and elsewhere. The title of her presentation was Supporting social

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  • Dr Ursula Read on Colourful Radio
      • Community Participation
      • Workstream 2
    • Jun 20, 2018
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    Dr Ursula Read with Sonia Peleon, radio host at Colourful Radio. 20 June 2018.

    Dr Ursula Read with Sonia Poleon, radio host at Colourful Radio. 20 June 2018. On 20 June 2018, Dr Ursula Read, research associate with Work Stream 2, was interviewed by Sonia Poleon on Colourful Radio, which targets Black Caribbean and African audiences. Listen to the broadcast recording below: Ursula spoke about her research into mental health

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  • King’s Experience Research Award
      • Community Participation
      • Workstream 2
    • Jan 24, 2018
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    Meryem Cicek receiving award

    Mental Health & Justice congratulates King’s College London student Meryem Cicek for her success winning the Prize for the Best Overall Submission for the King’s Experience Research Award! Meryem provided research assistance for the project “Support and Independence within the Community” led by Hanna Kienzler. During the time of her fellowship, Meryem worked in partnership with the

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