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Podcast: The Mental Elf
Episode: Co-PACT project audio documentary
Description: This audio documentary accompanies an online and in person photo exhibition, which details the experiences of diverse people detained under the Mental Health Act.Sixty people took part in the project led by Oxford University, and funded by the NIHR Policy Research Programme, which captured their reflections on the process of detention and life on a mental health ward.The majority (73%) of people who took part in this project were from racialised populations, who are disproportionately detained under the Mental Health Act.The exhibition includes pictures of locked doors, medication, ho...