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Choose respect
13th September 2005
Mental health services, and communities as a whole, need to change rapidly if service users are to get the help they need and deserve, says Steve Clarke
http://tinyurl.com/7g83s

Police custody “no place for ill”
20th January 2005 Half the people dying in police custody are mentally ill, says the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
http://tinyurl.com/85494

Mental Health and Policing
from the IPCC
Mental Health is a factor in many of the most serious cases of police misconduct investigated by the IPCC. Over 50% of deaths in police custody are of people with some form of mental health problem
http://tinyurl.com/afnrj

Tolerance for mentally ill is not enough
1st December 2000
Discrimination against people with mental health needs is a human rights issue and not just a case for awareness raising, writes Lynne Friedli
http://tinyurl.com/bqg54

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