... eating distress and self-injury.So far, most energy in the UK has gone into attempting to reformpsychiatry through self-advocacy schemes and user involvement in planning, running and monitoring ... feeling these things. Isolating me, alone with ‘my’ problems.(Trivedi, Untitled, 1992:82)Sassoon and Lindow—Consulting and empowering 93The above experiences show how damaging and long-lasting ... imposed on them in the form of racism and discrimination within all societies’institutions including housing, social services, health services,employment, the legal system, schooling and higher...