FOSTREN Country Blog – Türkiye
Authors: Prof. Hülya Bilgin, Assoc. Prof. Merve Aydın
What is your country’s stand on coercion reduction? In Türkiye, coercive methods are mostly applied in inpatient treatment and care in mental health settings. The provisions under article 432 and subsequent articles of the Türkiye Civil Code No. 4721, which…
Why are you in the network? What would you like to achieve with it?
We are a group of psychiatric professionals organized in a research Group and loosely associated to FOSTREN. Our motivation to engage against coercion in psychiatry is diverse and I want to give everyone a voice: Florian sees a „shift towards…
WG4 hosts the Training School: "IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE FOSTREN TRAINING SCHOOL. How to transfer knowledge to practice to reduce the use of coercion in mental health settings"
The event will take place in Madrid, Spain, on 3-5TH June 2024.
More details in the flyer:
https://fostren.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TRAINING-SCHOOL-CALL-2024-v.3-2.pdf
By Jaroslav Pekara, FOSTREN member from Czech Republic
A symposium of the group ENTMA was held on 6-8 October 2023 in Scotland, Kincardine in the area of Scottish Police College. The European Network of Training in the Management of Aggression (ENTMA aka “ENTMA08”). is a network for those associated with the assessment, planning, delivery, educating,…
The conference "Political Abuse of Psychiatry: OngoingCases Worldwide" is focused on the critical subject of ending the political abuse of psychiatry, and the support and care for victims of such violations who may be experiencing silent trauma, C-PTSD and potentially still ongoing threats in psychiatric settings. The organisers would be honoured to have you share…