Independent mental health advocacy (IMHA) has been proposed as a way of maintaining
peoples' rights in involuntary settings, but little is known about the challenges and …

Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), run by Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) and funded by
the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), provides independent …

Advocacy serves to promote the voice of service users, represent their interests and enable
participation in decision‐making. Given the context of increasing numbers of people …

'Advocacy'has been defined as 'the process of identifying with and representing a person's
views and concerns, in order to secure enhanced rights and entitlement, undertaken by …

''Having a mental health problem can sometimes mean that... you are not always taken
seriously or that you are not always offered the opportunities and choices you would like. In …

This review of the quality of Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) provision across
England was commissioned by the Department of Health. A team of independent …

The White Paper, Reforming the Mental Health Act 2000, proposed that service users who
are subject to the powers of a new Mental Health Act in England and Wales should have …

Advocacy in compulsory mental health settings is complex and contested, incorporating
legal, non-legal, representational and best interests advocacy. This paper presents an …

Advocacy has received less attention in social work research than other aspects of social
work practice. This paper draws attention to two tensions in social work advocacy; between …

Objective The aim of the present study was to examine stakeholder perspectives on how the
operation of the mental health system affects the use of involuntary community treatment …