Tag: Mental Health
Family issues appeal over Jason Pearce custody death
The family of a Shropshire man who died in police custody showing signs of a rare medical phenomenon known as “excited delirium” warned more people could die being detained unless more is known about the condition. Jason Pearce, of St
Inquest into death of High Wycombe man Marcus Cottoy begins
A 31-year-old man who feared ‘people were after him’ died after consuming drugs, an inquest heard this week. Marcus Cottoy, of Hawthorne Road, Micklefield, died on March 22, 2009, hours after being arrested and sectioned in a mental health unit.
Bill Maloney reports from UK Rally Against Child Abuse 2010
Campaigning filmmaker and supporter of 4WardEver Bill Maloney presented the opening speech at the UK Rally Against Child Abuse held on 7 August in Trafalgar Square London in which he committed 'treason' as promised.
Death in custody of mental health patient
It cannot bear the hallmarks of timely or equitable justice when the State takes five full years to deliver a satisfactory explanation to a family, when a vulnerable relative has been deprived of their liberty and they then die in
Her long struggle ends in death…
The woman who was shot and killed by police after she allegedly slashed three officers in her home yesterday morning had a history of mental illness, yet attempts to provide her treatment had failed, right up until the hours before
New mental health guidance for police
Community leaders have welcomed the publication of a new guide to assist police officers when dealing with people who use mental health services, but warn a wholesale review of how this group are treated is needed if substantive progress is
Places of Safety Report: IPCC
The Royal College of Psychiatrists welcomes the Independent Police Complaints Commission’s IPCC report which examines the role of the police in relation to the use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Jury: “Police restraint killed Mikey Powell”
The jury at the inquest into the controversial death in police custody in 2003 of Michael Lloyd Powell (known as Mikey) today returned a damning narrative verdict and found that the way that he was restrained resulted in his death
Fear of the mentally ill misplaced
Flying in the face of public opinion findings published in the medical journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, show that people who are mentally unwell are among those least likely to commit murder.
Blow to Black mental health in Birmingham
A petition is to be delivered to Downing Street in protest at the forced closure of Birmingham's only Black-led community mental health service.
