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Simon Katterl
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New platform, same dumb me | He/him | Mental Health, Law, Regulation & Human Rights | studies @ANURegnet | Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/3RNbogK | Words in the Age, the Guardian, Croakey |
Over 5000 people have read the #NotBeforeTime report on harm in the mental health system.
Check out this video on how organisations can play a constructive role in keeping the conversation going forward.
Full report: livedexperiencejustice.au
Worrying signs in the UK as digital services displace face-to-face mental health services.
As we know, there is a great deal of hype with limited evidence. We should be very wary in Australia.
Digital technologies can support, or undermine, our best forms of mental health care and support.
Matthew RimmerTraditional owners in NSW call for heritage reform to continue cultural practices https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/02/traditional-owners-in-nsw-call-for-heritage-reform-to-continue-cultural-practices #IndigenousIP #culture #heritage #auslaw #nswpol
Did you hear about the #NotBeforeTime report?
It's available at livedexperiencejustice.au
Here's a snapshot of the media on it over the last could of weeks:
ABC 7pm news (13 June): https://twitter.com/SimonKatterl/status/1669572373698465793?t=jprxQs5bkhsLWPakzq1KRA&s=19
Croakey: https://www.croakey.org/to-address-traumas-caused-by-mental-health-systems-a-call-for-restorative-justice/
Blue Mountains Gazette: https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/8231912/mental-health-patients-suffered-human-rights-breaches/
Yarrawonga Chronicle (the big one): https://www.yarrawongachronicle.com.au/national/calls-for-justice-after-damning-mental-health-report-3/
Experientia“‘Co-design’ in social policy is a paradox. On the one hand, it refers to a transformative set of mindsets, tools, ways of knowing and ways of collaborating to design better (and better design) services, policies and systems. On the other hand, everyone seems to be doing it, but our services, policies and systems remain the same! Either co-design isn’t cracked up to what it claims to be, or people aren’t really doing co-design.”
By @simonkatterl
https://www.simonkatterlconsulting.com/writing/co-design-or-faux-design-a-chat-with-jo-szczepanska
By @simonkatterl
https://www.simonkatterlconsulting.com/writing/co-design-or-faux-design-a-chat-with-jo-szczepanska
Co-design or Faux-design? A chat with Jo Szczepanska — Simon Katterl Consulting
‘Co-design’ in social policy is a paradox. On the one hand, it refers to a transformative set of mindsets, tools, ways of knowing and ways of collaborating to design better (and better design) services, policies and systems. On the other hand, everyone seems to be doing it, but our services, policie
Daniel ReedersI mostly write about my experiences of the shallow end of the mental health treatment 'pool.' As this article demonstrates, the 'deep end' is extremely fucking deep — consisting of restrictive and coercive treatment practices that can amount to torture even when a clinician judges they are in the patient's best interests.
Global best practices indicate there are alternatives to these archaic and brutalising practices.
Hat tip @simonkatterl.
New from me on how our national debate on mental health reform has excluded the people with the greatest interest in its success.
I know other good articles are on the way from others, so keep your eyes peeled.
Patrick GaleyWhenever I get down I remember that the Earth is billions of years old and I got to be alive at the same time as David Bowie and Greta #AndrewTate #recycle
Twitter restores suicide prevention feature after Reuters report
Twitter Inc has restored a feature that promotes suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, after coming under pressure from some users and consumer safety groups over its removal.