Mental health and Justice is a major two year research project funded by the Big Lottery Fund and led by Victim Support.
The research is investigating whether people with mental health problems are more likely to be victims of crime. It is also exploring the barriers people with mental health problems face to reporting crime and accessing justice and what helps them, or could help them, to report crime and access justice. The results of the research will be disseminated widely and used to influence policy and practice.
The research is being conducted in London and is exploring the experiences of people aged over 18 years who have mental health problems and have been victims of crime in the last three years. The project is currently looking for people to take part in interviews about their experiences.
This work is an exciting collaboration between the voluntary sector and leading Universities: Mind (the national mental health charity), Kings College London (The Institute of Psychiatry), St George’s University of London and University of Kingston (Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences) and University College London are all participating in this research bringing with them a wide range of expertise.
To find out more about this research and how you can get involved, please email Sian Greenhead at Victim Support at sian.greenhead@victimsupport.org.uk or call 020 7268 0222.
For more information go to: (External) http://www.victimsupport.org.uk/mentalhealthandjustice
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September 26th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
here we go again just been diagnosed with pd went to see nurse 4 first time.didnt last long stormed out found her very insulting shrugging her shoulders at me.any way sick ov being filled with pills different sortsnot ing uat do they thing thway shape or form whysed in anyand was never abupbrinh space to tight wot a feel.been like this since bout 12 now 42.had a gud upbringing is it worth going back to see her seen as though the dr said she the only mental health nurse for my surgery
October 4th, 2011 at 9:37 am
I suggest you look at our map and see if there are any SPECIALIST PD services in your area, for adults.
The trouble is that staff in ‘ordinary’ mental health services have not usually been trained in how to recognise and understand people with PD – though we have got an education programme which is slowly making a difference. But it means that people often end up feeling like you – and it’s not because the staff are trying to be difficult – it’s just that they don’t (yet) know how to help.
Unfortunately, the specialist services only cover part of the country so far – so unless you live in the right place, it’s a matter of luck whether you find an understanding mental health worker.
But see where your nearest service is, and go along to your GP to discuss it – print this out and take it, to show that you’re not just complaining. If you can get your GP backing your ‘case of need’, you might even get referred outside your own area or set up with private therapy. But these things all cost money, and with the general understanding about PD being so poor, and money in the NHS being so tight at the moment, it might be quite difficult to get anything like that funded.
If you don’t get anywhere, do come back to this site, and I’ll give you more advice on how to argue with the people who might be able to help you get better services set up in your area.
Rex Haigh