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Torsten Hjelmar

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New UN report stress urgent need for systemic reform of psychiatry
UN Human Rights Council Conference room where systemic reform of mental health was debated. Photo: THIX-Photo

Health

New UN report stress urgent need for systemic reform of psychiatry

A new report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights debated in the UNs Human Rights Council this week stresses the urgent need for systemic reform of mental health...

19 March 2025 · 7 min read

Council of Europe in a divided position on human rights
Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Photo: THIX-Photo

Council of Europe

Council of Europe in a divided position on human rights

The permanent representatives in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Wednesday decided to move ahead on a review process collecting another opinion of a controversial draft text...

7 February 2025 · 4 min read

UN and Civil Society Warn the Council of Europe
Council of Europe in Strasbourg

Council of Europe

UN and Civil Society Warn the Council of Europe

Both the United Nations and a coalition of Civil Society organizations and human rights bodies have issued Open letters to the Council of Europe prior to the Committee of Ministers...

29 January 2025 · 6 min read

The Olympic Torch visits the Council of Europe on its way to Paris
The Olympic Torch at the Council of Europe, greeted by parliamentarians and other. Photo: THIX Photo.

Council of Europe

The Olympic Torch visits the Council of Europe on its way to Paris

The Olympic Torch was greeted by parliamentarians representing 46 European countries, the Secretary General and representatives of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers and staff of the Council of...

28 June 2024 · 2 min read

Doctors are not trained in how to discontinue psychiatric drugs
More than 4000 attended the European Psychiatric Congress 2024 in Budapest. New research was presented and discussed. Photo: THIX Photo.

Europe

Doctors are not trained in how to discontinue psychiatric drugs

Tens of thousands of Europeans are every month seeking advice on how to discontinue or get off antidepressants outside their regular health services. That’s because doctors are not trained in...

13 May 2024 · 8 min read

The legacies of eugenics in European psychology and beyond
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Europe

The legacies of eugenics in European psychology and beyond

The 18th European Congress of Psychology convened in Brighton between 3 and 6 July 2023. The overall theme was ‘Uniting communities for a sustainable world’. The British Psychological Society (BPS),...

13 July 2023 · 7 min read