Peter Beresford and Jeremy Weinstein will both address the audience as part of the plenary on the UK mental health crisis.
Peter is Emeritus professor at Brunel University, the author of All Our Welfare: Towards a Participatory Social Policy and a staunch campaigner for service user rights in mental health services. He contributes regularly to The Guardian and is co-chair for Shaping Our Lives.
Jeremy Weinstein is a highly experienced counsellor and therapist, and has spent two years very successfully coordinating the Swan ‘Manifesto on Mental Health’. His interests lie in mental health in a socio-political environment, especially its place in the UK austerity agenda.
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