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People with mental health problems and intellectual disability may
face discrimination and marginalisation, and independent advocacy
is an excellent way to ensure that an individual’s rights are
upheld and that the individual receives the care and treatment that
they are entitled to. It also has benefits for psychiatrists and
can improve the quality of the relationships between people with
mental health problems and professionals. This report sets out the
principles of advocacy and provides recommendations and
guidance.
This report replaces CR74: Patient Advocacy from 1999.
Contents
Working Group
Executive summary
- Introduction and context
- Definition of independent advocacy
- Key principles in individual advocacy
- How do advocates work?
- Different types of advocacy
- Statutory advocacy
- Advocacy and equality
- Advocacy in different clinical areas
- Myth busting
- Useful contacts
Glossary
Appendix: Training and standards
References