Date: 24 April 2024 Time: 8AM (EDT)/1PM (GMT) Chair: Lisa Cosgrove Location: Zoom https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/96540727782  Recent decades have seen the rise of mental health speak in the general population and social media.  Even though most is done with the best intentions, this cultural change poses many questions and potential dangers that have…

On 11 April, Prof Dainius Pūras, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable physical and mental health, joined a panel discussion at the La Trobe Law School and the Care Economy Research Institute, Australia. The panel discussed the Transformation of Mental Health Policy, Practice,…

Study finds six in 10 US physician contributors had financial ties to industry. Findings raise questions about editorial independence A study from the Centre’s co-Founder, Lisa Cosgrove, reported that sixty percent of US physicians serving as panel and task force members for the American Psychiatric Association’s official manual of psychiatric disorders…

The International Housing First Seminar was organized by the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship of Brazil, the Centre for Mental Health, Human Rights and Social Justice, and Columbia University. It was possible with funding from the University of Essex and a generous donation from Prof. Hans Wijbrand Hoek, from…

On 30 November 2023 Dainius Pūras, Professor at Vilnius University and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, gave a keynote address at an International Seminar on ‘‘Mental Health and Legislation in Chile: Global lessons and Experiences’. The seminar took place at the University of Chile and was…