A survey of 1000 adults conducted by The Patients Association – an independent research organisation based in Wales – suggests that the majority of NHS patients believe they have more rights than they actually do.
Report suggests abuse threat to women in mixed-sex wards
A study published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that women in mixed-sex psychiatric wards are at high risk of being assaulted…
Black people are three times more likely to be admitted to a mental health hospital
The first Wales- and England-wide study of the ethnicity of people using inpatient mental health services has shown that Black African and Caribbean people are three times more likely to be admitted to hospital and up to 44% more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act…
Report says prison inappropriate for people with mental health problems
Troubled Inside, a new report by the Prison Reform Trust, has found that up to three-quarters of men in prison suffer from two or more mental disorders and about one in ten have a functional psychosis…