Darius Whelan
@dariuswh.bsky.social
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School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland. Mental health law, Employment law, Internet law, Copyright law
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Darius Whelan
@dariuswh.bsky.social
· Jul 24
Prisons turned into 'human warehouses' by chronic overcrowding — Council of Europe inspectors
Overcrowding, violence — and a mentally-ill female prisoner who 'had not had access to a shower for four days' — among issues raised by the Council of Europe Committee on the Prevention of Torture
www.irishexaminer.com
Darius Whelan
@dariuswh.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Psychiatry cannot be allowed to dominate debate on Mental Health Act
In all the debate about the Mental Health Act, it is troubling that the discussion has been among doctors and commentators — and not those directly impacted, write Jennifer Hough and Liam MacGabhann
www.irishexaminer.com
Darius Whelan
@dariuswh.bsky.social
· Jun 11
Charity hits out at 'fundamentally inaccurate' warnings about draft Mental Health Bill
The Irish Medical Organisation is expected to criticise criteria for involuntary admission, timing of patients’ psychosocial assessment, and care plan regulations
www.irishexaminer.com
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Alex Ruck Keene
@capacitylaw.bsky.social
· Jun 10
Compulsory mental health admission and treatment – the latest Strasbourg word
Spivak v Ukraine [2025] ECHR 136 is a very helpful and important reminder of the increasing focus that Strasbourg is placing upon non-consensual psychiatric admission and treatment. It is particul…
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
Darius Whelan
@dariuswh.bsky.social
· Jun 10
ECT without consent in Australia
On 8 June 2025 the Australian Broadcasting Company published an interesting in-depth article by investigative reporter Geraden Cann on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) without consent in …
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Darius Whelan
@dariuswh.bsky.social
· May 25
High Court examines the involuntary detention process under the Mental Health Act 2001: A.A. -v- Clinical Director of The Ashlin Centre
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Judgment was delivered by Hyland J on the 17th February 2025 in a Court of Appeal case, concerning an appeal from a High Court decision relating to an Article 40.4 inquiry into the lawful...
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Carol Ballantine
@cballantine.bsky.social
· Apr 21