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The ‘triple barrier’ of mental health inequality affects large numbers of people from different sections of the population:
1. Determinants
2. Access
3. Experience and outcomes
@_Sarah_Hughes_ speaking at #EqualityInMentalHealth
1. Determinants
2. Access
3. Experience and outcomes
@_Sarah_Hughes_ speaking at #EqualityInMentalHealth
Mental health inequalities are social and economic inequalities:
WEALTH
- poverty
- economic inequality
POWER
- discrimination
- racism
- misogyny
- violence
- oppression
- injustice…
#EqualityInMentalHealth
WEALTH
- poverty
- economic inequality
POWER
- discrimination
- racism
- misogyny
- violence
- oppression
- injustice…
#EqualityInMentalHealth
The education system has systemically excluded young black men for decades, says @_Sarah_Hughes_ speaking at #EqualityInMentalHealth
These are the solutions proposed by @MH_Equality @CentreforMH to achieving #EqualityInMentalHealth for all!
It's not simple, but it is possible.
@lizsayce @JustNdennis @_Sarah_Hughes_ @beckycharlwood @DrRosena @stevegilbertobe
It's not simple, but it is possible.
@lizsayce @JustNdennis @_Sarah_Hughes_ @beckycharlwood @DrRosena @stevegilbertobe
"Mental health is made in communities"
This is SOOO important and so often forgotten by mental health scientists.
Don't miss this great talk by @_Sarah_Hughes_ at #EqualityInMentalHealth
This is SOOO important and so often forgotten by mental health scientists.
Don't miss this great talk by @_Sarah_Hughes_ at #EqualityInMentalHealth
THIS is the 10-point plan proposed by @MH_Equality @CentreforMH to achieve #EqualityInMentalHealth for all
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/topics/equality-mental-health
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/topics/equality-mental-health
Next up is Cllr Rebecca Charlwood @beckycharlwood on "Local leadership for mental health equality". Becky is Exec member Leeds City Council (Adults & Health), Chair of the Health & Wellbeing Board & Mental Health Champion for Leeds.
No slides! Fab! #EqualityInMentalHealth
No slides! Fab! #EqualityInMentalHealth
Thank you @beckycharlwood by sharing your own lived experience of mental ill health. The way you introduced yourself personally and professionally really made me think: "Right! I need to listen to what she has to say" #EqualityInMentalHealth
At #EqualityInMentalHealth @beckycharlwood is talking about the Leeds city-wide suicide action plan, which focuses on men at risk of suicide #SuicidePrevention
. @LeedsGATE is a "member led community organisation working in partnership to improve quality of life for Gypsies and Travellers".
At #EqualityInMentalHealth @beckycharlwood talks about the discrimination faced by the Gypsy and Traveller communities https://www.leedsgate.co.uk/
At #EqualityInMentalHealth @beckycharlwood talks about the discrimination faced by the Gypsy and Traveller communities https://www.leedsgate.co.uk/
Our next speaker is Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP @DrRosena Labour MP for Tooting, A&E Doctor and Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health #EqualityInMentalHealth
She starts by thanking the @MH_Equality Commission for the work they've done over the last 2 years.
She starts by thanking the @MH_Equality Commission for the work they've done over the last 2 years.
"We have seen a perfect storm over the last decade of significant underfunding in all sectors" says @DrRosena at #EqualityInMentalHealth
We shouldn't have to wait until people are so desperate that they try to take their own life, before we can help them with their mental ill health.
@DrRosena speaking at #EqualityInMentalHealth about a young black man that she met when working as an A&E doctor in the NHS
@DrRosena speaking at #EqualityInMentalHealth about a young black man that she met when working as an A&E doctor in the NHS
Impressive talk from @DrRosena at #EqualityInMentalHealth
"We need a preventive community-led solution to end the postcode lottery in mental health"
"We need a preventive community-led solution to end the postcode lottery in mental health"
. @DrRosena ends her talk by saying that we can all make a difference and bring about #EqualityInMentalHealth by contacting our MP
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/help-us-tackle-mental-health-inequalities
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/help-us-tackle-mental-health-inequalities
Our final speaker at #EqualityInMentalHealth is Steve Gilbert OBE @stevegilbertobe who is sharing his own personal experience of living with severe mental illness, racism and discrimination
"I want doctors to trust me and listen to what I have to say"
@stevegilbertobe reads a quote from a young black man from Birmingham who took part in the 300 voices project.
#EqualityInMentalHealth is possible says Steve, but requires action and not simply well meant gestures.
@stevegilbertobe reads a quote from a young black man from Birmingham who took part in the 300 voices project.
#EqualityInMentalHealth is possible says Steve, but requires action and not simply well meant gestures.
The time for change is now.
We need white people to walk alongside black people and work to achieve #EqualityInMentalHealth #BlackLivesMatter
@stevegilbertobe asks us all to write down one action that we will all take TODAY to smash mental health inequality. Come on then!
We need white people to walk alongside black people and work to achieve #EqualityInMentalHealth #BlackLivesMatter
@stevegilbertobe asks us all to write down one action that we will all take TODAY to smash mental health inequality. Come on then!
I’m running an online event next week with @BlackThrive @UCLPsychiatry @TheLancetPsych on racism in mental health research #MHQT
#EqualityInMentalHealth
Mental health research is racist, so what are we all going to do about it?
Do please come along! https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZYlNvfycS66pkQ08eG3fEw
#EqualityInMentalHealth
Mental health research is racist, so what are we all going to do about it?
Do please come along! https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZYlNvfycS66pkQ08eG3fEw
Big thanks to everyone who made this #EqualityInMentalHealth launch happen today! 
@MH_Equality @CentreforMH @lizsayce @JustNdennis @_Sarah_Hughes_ @beckycharlwood @DrRosena @stevegilbertobe @Andy__Bell__
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/mental-health-for-all
@MH_Equality @CentreforMH @lizsayce @JustNdennis @_Sarah_Hughes_ @beckycharlwood @DrRosena @stevegilbertobe @Andy__Bell__
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/mental-health-for-all
In case you missed it, this brilliant #EqualityInMentalHealth launch is here: so you can WATCH AGAIN at your leisure. It's well worth a look!
