Amy Zarins

PhD student at @EdinburghNapier | Interested in all things mental health law, policy and practice

[Piers Gooding @P_Gooding]

Hearing from @amyzarins at #mhlaw2023 on her PhD research on reducing non-consensual interventions in mental health settings. Great to see this topic being subject to sustained scholarly investigation. Ping @viscidula

[Amy Zarins @amyzarins]

Deadline for abstracts has been extended to 31st May! Please email these to myself myself ([email protected]) and Grace Carter @GraceCarterECR ([email protected])
More info in the link:
https://t.co/n3I3wWJjK6

[Carlos Ríos Espinosa @espinosa_rios]

Mexico’s Congress passed a landmark civil procedure reform establishing full legal capacity and the right to supported decision-making for everyone 18 years old or over. Rules exist for cases where there is no way of knowing the person’s will. https://t.co/Mlk4Draqsw

[Prof Nancy Doyle @NancyDoylePsych]

#ADHD and #Panorama in the news today, in prep for an expose of private ADHD clinics offering short cuts. There are useful lessons to be drawn here but also a note of concern. The scandal is underfunded NHS, not overdiagnosis of ADHD.

https://t.co/l49brNeKmp

[Emily♡ @ItsEmilyKaty]

Sure, private clinics need regulating and monitoring, just like NHS services do. They need to follow NICE guidelines. But this debate is very close to suggesting that all private ADHD/Autism diagnoses are invalid, and the repercussions of people believing this are dangerous.

[Amy Zarins @amyzarins]

Calling all PGR/ECR Researchers with an interest in mental health/capacity law. Come along to our friendly seminar day to present or network with other researchers. Submit an abstract by 29th May (more details in the link)
https://t.co/n3I3wWJjK6
@GraceCarterECR

[Amy Zarins @amyzarins]

Come along to the PGR and ECR seminar held by the Mental Diversity Law Network on Dec 19th

[Trudo Lemmens @TrudoLemmens]

“imagine...you have a person who is severely depressed... [who consults] a mental health counsellor to get help & is being told, as part of informed consent... we can have treatment a, b, c or MAID.” my comments CAMAD policy @sharon_kirkey reports @UTLaw https://t.co/DAOx0omJ1v

[Mental Welfare Scot @MentalWelfare]

We listened to people with lived experience of mental ill health, and their friends and families, on what they would like the Mental Welfare Commission to concentrate on over the coming months and years.
The report on what they told us can be found here:
https://t.co/JHUjAymXC5

[MentalHealthPH @mentalhealthph]

"It's okay not to be okay. #MentalHealthPH shared this sentiment. In a statement, the group said that taking psychological tests used for diagnosing mental health problems must always be done under the supervision of a medical professional"

https://t.co/uPbTLyWmdS

[Division of Clinical Psychology @UKDCP]

The DCP has made a statement publicly recognising and supporting the unique and valued contribution that lived experience of mental health difficulties brings to individuals working within clinical psychology - read it at https://t.co/rreU0DLT6a

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

LPS is go https://t.co/KeJucE2KWw

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

LPS back to Parliament on 2 April https://t.co/ULXlYb7iC0

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

LPS – where are we, and where are we going? https://t.co/IT6bhpoEGi

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

Department of Health and Social Care consultation now open on training on learning disability and autism for health and care staff (closing 12 April): https://t.co/uq7BW40yAQ

[Inclusion London @InclusionLondon]

When developing their Mental Capacity Amendment Bill, the government did not consult with Disabled people. We did, and today we are publishing the report summarising what we heard. https://t.co/9yC9MrBA9h #mentalcapacitybill

[Alex Ruck Keene @Capacitylaw]

Voluntary psychiatric patients, suicide and the duty to protect – Strasbourg pronounces https://t.co/NGWo15mry4

[Ministry of Justice @MoJGovUK]

The Mental Capacity Act is designed to empower and protect people who can’t make decisions for themselves.

We’re revising the Code of Practice that supports it to better reflect current needs.

Share your views & experiences of using it 👇🏽https://t.co/Aj86jPKuAm

[Mental Health Law Online @MHLonline]

Article. Richard Jones, 'Response to MHA Review (5): MHA or MCA?' (29/1/19) — This article argues against the MHA Review's recommendation that patients who lack capacity to consent to admission or treatment for mental disorder, but who are clearly not ob… https://t.co/HiNM7pR52n

[Ani Shakarishvili,MD @AniShakari]

#MentalHealth is on the agenda at @wef Annual Meeting 2019 in #Davos @Davos!

An estimated 275 mln ppl (4% of global population) suffer from #anxiety disorders - the world’s biggest mental health problem;
~62% of those are #women
https://t.co/4bwkMeRO2i #globalhealth #economy