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Minority Mental Health
2016 - “Ending Discrimination in Mental Health: Turning the Crisis Tap Off” in London on Thursday 13th October 2016 will address how to change from reactive responses to a proper, planned service.
Different ethnic groups have different rates and experiences of mental health problems, reflecting their different cultural and socio-economic contexts and access to culturally appropriate
treatments.
In general, people from black and minority ethnic groups living in the UK are:
These differences may be explained by a number of factors, including poverty and racism. They may also be because mainstream mental health services often fail to understand or provide
services that are acceptable and accessible to non-white British communities and meet their particular cultural and other needs.
Current Speakers Include:
Dr Geraldine Strathdee
National Clinical Lead, Mental Health Intelligence Networks PHE/NHSE
Jacqui Dyer
Vice Chair, Mental Health Taskforce
Commander Christine Jones QPM
National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for Mental Health and Metropolitan Police Service Lead for Protecting Vulnerable People (PVP)
Register your interest here and be kept up to date about future developments from this national broadcast conference on mental health services.
Put the date of Thursday 13th October 2016 in London in your diary, (it’s Black History Week in the UK). The expert presentations are being filmed and put into a training and briefing library for professional use around the country.
The conference website is at www.MinorityMentalHealth.co.uk and there you will find the agenda as it is updated as well as information about the speakers and venue.
Kind Regards
Minority Mental Health Team