Human Rights Day - special SCHR podcast

For Human Rights Day 2025, the SCHR recorded a special podcast episode on  the topic of 'Human rights as applied to mental health: do psychiatrists really know it all?'

Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Special Committee on Human Rights, Professor Piyal Sen, presents this podcast to highlight the central role of human rights in psychiatric practice.

He is joined by the co-authors of Mental Health and Human Rights (2024), Professor Norman Sartorius and Professor Neeraj Gill, as well as the first permanent Human Rights Officer at the NHS, Dr Tallyn Gray to discuss the role that psychiatrists can play in upholding and advocating for the rights of their patients.

Please note that the views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.