The 18th of November will see Together holding a conference at the Royal College of Physicians. Titled "Should Service Users lead the Personalisation Agenda? Personally, locally and strategically", the conference is extremely topical.
The morning will feature two keynote speakers, Dan Fisher, MD, PhD and Shaun McNeil.
Dan Fisher is the Executive director of the National Empowerment Center(NEC) based in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The NEC is an advocacy and peer-support organization that promotes an empowerment-based recovery model of mental disorder. It is run by consumers/survivors/ex-patients in recovery.
Dan Fisher experienced schizophrenia before training as a psychiatrist, becoming a role model for people with mental distress. He teaches classes, regularly contributes to professional journals, organizes workshops and has appeared several times on television as well as developed the Empowerment Model of Recovery.
On the 18th of November, Dan Fisher will explain how the US experience is an illustration of why it is worth it to let Service Users take the lead.
Based in Scotland, Shaun McNeil is part of Interrelate (the International Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor/Service User National Networks). Sean will make a presentation on British Asian and Minority Ethnic issues.
A variety of workshops will follow in the afternoon.
The conference is currently in its planning stage: we will be able to share more news very soon.
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