Post by Admin on May 26, 2020 15:44:36 GMT
Reform Mental Health
Human rights for all. Non-discriminatory legislation. Non-coercive healthcare.
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Our values
We believe that everyone is born with certain inalieanable rights, known as human rights. These human rights cannot be withdrawn from anyone, by anyone.
However, in the West, the State has decided to withdraw these fundamental rights from people suffering from mental health problems. Once a medical professional, usually a psychiatrist decides that someone suffers from a mental health problem or lacks capacity, that person loses their findamental rights. They lose their right of autonomy, their right to freedom, their right to privacy and to a family life. They may be forcibly given medical treatment which is of no therapeutic benefit. These acts breach the European Convention on Human Rights 1998, which is supposed to be integrated into UK legislation. And yet, these acts are permitted by the Mental Health Act 1983, last reformed in 2007.
We believe that people with mental ill-health possess human rights just as much as anyone else. We believe that modern medicine has departed from its traditional maxim of 'Do no harm' and needs to be reformed.
We believe that our values are consistent with all major political persuasions although our own movement is largely apolitical. Except that we reserve the right to campaign against political policies that result in gross inequality such as the Tory austerity programme.
Our objectives
Our primary objective is to enhance the status of people with mental health conditions.
To achieve this objective, we campaign for the following causes:
Make all UK legislation fully compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights 1998
Reform then abolish the Mental Health Act (MHA)
So far as possible, eliminate all forms of coercion from mental healthcare
Stop clinical drug trials which do not conform to the provisions of the Helskinki Declaration
Human rights for all. Non-discriminatory legislation. Non-coercive healthcare.
wecareaboutmh.wixsite.com/mysite
Our values
We believe that everyone is born with certain inalieanable rights, known as human rights. These human rights cannot be withdrawn from anyone, by anyone.
However, in the West, the State has decided to withdraw these fundamental rights from people suffering from mental health problems. Once a medical professional, usually a psychiatrist decides that someone suffers from a mental health problem or lacks capacity, that person loses their findamental rights. They lose their right of autonomy, their right to freedom, their right to privacy and to a family life. They may be forcibly given medical treatment which is of no therapeutic benefit. These acts breach the European Convention on Human Rights 1998, which is supposed to be integrated into UK legislation. And yet, these acts are permitted by the Mental Health Act 1983, last reformed in 2007.
We believe that people with mental ill-health possess human rights just as much as anyone else. We believe that modern medicine has departed from its traditional maxim of 'Do no harm' and needs to be reformed.
We believe that our values are consistent with all major political persuasions although our own movement is largely apolitical. Except that we reserve the right to campaign against political policies that result in gross inequality such as the Tory austerity programme.
Our objectives
Our primary objective is to enhance the status of people with mental health conditions.
To achieve this objective, we campaign for the following causes:
Make all UK legislation fully compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights 1998
Reform then abolish the Mental Health Act (MHA)
So far as possible, eliminate all forms of coercion from mental healthcare
Stop clinical drug trials which do not conform to the provisions of the Helskinki Declaration