About Justice4Kate
Justice4Kate is an informal group made up of members of the Admin
Teams of
http://z13.invisionfree.com/Safe_Place, (which Kate
Co-founded with Vegan Claire), (Now Kate’s Place), and
http://understanding.spreebb.com, (now merged to become
Kate’s Place Forum), both of these being on line MH peer
support communities that Kate was a member of the Admin Team of,
friends of Kate, and members of Kate's family. We are all committed,
in Kate’s memory to continuing the tireless work and effort she put
in to supporting others through Kate’s Place and campaigning for
better treatment of people with mental Illness, especially
personality disorders such as BPD and DID, (which many of us
consider to be complex forms of PTS), by the NHS and society in
general.
We believe that the services, treatment and understanding available
to individuals suffering from BPD, DID, (and their carers), in the
UK and worldwide, is totally inadequate and unacceptable, especially
taking into account how many people are touched by the pain it
causes, to individuals suffering from it, and loved ones round them.
Remember, Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD, occurs in
approximately 2% of the population, accounts for 10% of all mental
health outpatients and 20% of psychiatric inpatients with 75% of
those diagnosed being women and has close to a 10% mortality rate
through suicide, just work out the figures.
BPD kills more people than Diabetes in the UK yet specialist
Diabetes nurses are abundant and available through our GP’s
surgeries, nurses who are experienced and familiar with Diabetes and
the difficulties it causes to people suffering from the disease,
disorder or whatever you want to call it, yet where are the
specialist PD Nurses in our community, (never mind Psychiatrists and
Clinical Psychologists), nurses and professionals with the
experience, training and understanding of BPD and DID that would
allow them to offer what is needed, required and long since
recognised, (See Personality Disorder – No Longer a Diagnosis of
Exclusion, published by the NIMH and the NHS back in January 2003),
to people suffering from BPD and DID, (and their loved ones), in our
society. What percentage of the financial pot available to the NHS
is spent on BDP, DID and reducing the suffering it causes, because
it would be effective doing so, not just in relieving the suffering
of so many but cost wise also.
Should you wish to join us in our campaign fighting for the better
treatment of people with PD’s or are in need of understanding and
support due to suffering from BPD, DID, PTST, Depression, Bi Polar
disorder or Self Harm please feel free to join Kate’s Place, our
support forum where you will meet others with similar experiences as
yourself and be given understanding and support.
Looking forward to meeting you there.
Claire, Phil, Anna, Tabi, Ickle, Jo, Violet and Sandra
A merger of Safe Place and Understanding mental health support forums, named so in Kate's Memory
Many of our members suffer or have been diagnosed with BPD or DID