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Louis Appleby

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Louis Appleby is national director for Mental Health in England and professor of psychiatry at the university of Manchester. He has played a central role in government plans to reform mental health care bringing in a range of new services including home treatment, early intervention, psychological therapies, and mental health legislation. He has led numerous initiatives including to reduce suicides and improve the physical environment of mental health wards

June 2011

  • Response
    double quotation markOur mental health service is far from crisis, it's a world leader

    Louis Appleby and Hugh Griffiths
    Response: Improved staffing levels and care tell the real story, say Louis Appleby and Hugh Griffiths

September 2008

  • double quotation markDoing what they always do

    Louis Appleby

    Louis Appleby: The BBC is pandering to prejudice in its portrayal of the risks psychiatric patients pose to the public

March 2006

  • double quotation markShifting prejudice

    Louis Appleby
    It is time we finally removed the stigma of mental illness, says Louis Appleby.

September 2002

  • double quotation markBenign intentions

    Louis Appleby

    Continuing our series of articles on the draft mental health bill in the week leading up to the end of the consultation period, mental health tsar Louis Appleby defends the draft legislation.

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