Mental Health and Justice: Deciding with Support
/Back in 2019, OOMK were commissioned by Bethlem Gallery to work on their Mental Health and Justice project. Mental Health and Justice is a multi-disciplinary research initiative, funded by the Wellcome Trust, and addressing a cluster of public policy challenges that arise at the complex interface where mental health and mental healthcare interact with principles of human rights. We’ve worked with artists to explore some of the issues addressed in the work streams, producing The Scent of Healing (by Rabi Mali) and The Perfect Feeling (by Abbas Zahedi). For the final resource, we worked with clinicians at Kings College to produce Deciding with Support.
Deciding with Support is a resource based on themes from a research project based at King’s College London. It has been developed to provoke reflection on issues that arise when others are involved in supporting a person’s decision-making, for example, about living arrangements, health issues, or relationships.
The resource has been printed and is being distributed for free in community settings over the next few months, a digital version is available below. It’s been a really interesting and at times challenging (in a good way) project to work on and has made us think more deeply about what decision making is. We really hope this resource reaches people who might benefit from it so please do share. Many thanks to all involved at Bethlems, Kings College and the patients they worked with. You can find out more about the project here: https://mhj.org.uk/
