Mind helps people take control of their mental health. We do this by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone.
Mind helps people take control of their mental health. We do this by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone.
In 2009 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was found to be in breach of the Human Rights Act for denying an assault victim access to justice (FB v DPP (2009).
This followed an assault case in 2007, which the CPS dropped on the grounds that the victim had schizophrenia and his evidence was therefore unreliable – despite the victim identifying his assailants and having physical evidence of the extent of the crime. Sadly this incident is not unique, as stigma within the...