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Prejudice, Neglect & Abuse Causes Serious Mental Ill Health.
World Health Organisation (UN) identified, nearly 30 years ago, that these problems are greater in the Advanced World than they are in the Developing and Under Developed World. The episodes of Serious Mental Ill Health are more frequent, more enduring and more disabling in Western Cultures than in any other Cultures. All the evidence now,  is that this problem is getting worse and is affecting a larger proportion of the young and the elderly ("Mental ill health epidemic"). Mental Health has social causes and is a becoming a serious social problem.

The Chicken 'Pecking Order' Syndrome:
Background Story: A Farmer, with limited resources and keen interest to maximise his production, keeps his chickens (and other animals) 'cooped up' in pens and sheds, with just enough food and space to do what is required of them. This keeps most of them plump and tender, but vulnerable. In these situations, scientists observed that chickens tended to peck the chicken next to them more frequently, or, if they did have opportunity to move, they pecked the chicken more dishevelled and distressed than themselves; The one with least feathers often died after a distressed, shortened life.

 Copy Cat Failures:
Copy cat reorganisations of Services and Institutions usually fail to resolve the problems that they have been experiencing and had hoped to rectify. The problems continue and often worsen, in spite of attempting to 'model' on best practices found else where, and despite 'appearing' to follow new Government Guidelines, produced as a result of repeated failures in services and the resulting 'Judicial Reviews'. The Good Practices proposed now were actually successfully tested by professionals like myself 20-30 years ago. They are sometimes managed effectively but are often totally misunderstood.

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Community Services, Professional Support, Charitable Support, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment, Learning Disability, Prejudice, Abuse, Human Rights & Entitlements . . . . . . . . . .

Social Theory, Ethical Issues, Academic Discussion, Service Failures, Radical Ideas, Advocacy Support, Support Groups, Relationship Issues, Local Politics, Conservation Issues  . . . . . . . . . .
 

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